as in joked
to make jokes
she rolled her eyes at her brother's bragging and quipped, "You're a legend in your own mind, all right"
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Recent Examples of quipped
Jeter quipped as Betts laughed.
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Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Flach quipped during a segment with CBS News.
—Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
As a colleague quipped, there should be multiple statues, to depict the many ways that bodies can change after having a baby.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 23 Oct. 2025
Stafford quipped when a local reporter joked he might get knighted after the performance.
—Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 19 Oct. 2025
Others – seemingly those who are non-religious or simply impenetrable by internet theories – quipped at the possibility.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
While researching my book, astronomer Geoff Marcy, a co-discoverer of several of the first hot Jupiters, quipped that in 30 years-time his own role in exoplanet hunting would seem obsolete.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Good Morning America correspondent Juju Chang quipped.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025
Patel quipped, a reference to an investigation into President Biden.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 16 Sep. 2025
Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Flach quipped during a segment with CBS News.
—Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
As a colleague quipped, there should be multiple statues, to depict the many ways that bodies can change after having a baby.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 23 Oct. 2025
Stafford quipped when a local reporter joked he might get knighted after the performance.
—Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 19 Oct. 2025
Others – seemingly those who are non-religious or simply impenetrable by internet theories – quipped at the possibility.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
While researching my book, astronomer Geoff Marcy, a co-discoverer of several of the first hot Jupiters, quipped that in 30 years-time his own role in exoplanet hunting would seem obsolete.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Good Morning America correspondent Juju Chang quipped.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025
Patel quipped, a reference to an investigation into President Biden.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quipped
joked
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Noting that the president was given a gold crown and beef patties with ketchup while in South Korea, Jost joked that the 79-year-old basically just had a Happy Meal with a toy.—
William Vaillancourt,
Rolling Stone,
2 Nov. 2025
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Lineman Eddy Pierre-Louis made a heart with his hands and held it high as his teammates waved and joked on their way into the stadium’s south tunnel, where super agent Jimmy Sexton stood waiting, too.—
David Ubben,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Quipped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quipped. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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