quips 1 of 2

plural of quip

quips

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of quip

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of quips
Noun
The protagonist is highly vocal, frequently engaging in quips and banter. Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 29 Aug. 2026 Her hilarious standout character, Rosemary, was supposed to be a supporting on the show — a townsperson, in and out, a few quips. Clayton Davis, Variety, 18 Aug. 2026 Sure, the Russo brothers lay on the quips and fan service a little thick, but after 11 years and 21 movies, they’re allowed to indulge. Ew Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026 The same is true of Shannon’s gift for eviscerating quips and Feimster’s talent for proudly shouting inappropriate things, both on full display. Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026 Gavenas occasionally veers from hagiography, usually in the form of small, critical quips, but does not linger on the uncertainty of Mary Kay’s sale numbers. Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 15 July 2026 But the fan favorite still managed to provide one of the week's more memorable quips. Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 These mostly harmless quips resemble the type of pettiness that once ran roughshod across the Lone Star State, back when eight Texas programs were members of the Southwest Conference. Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 1 July 2026 The screenplay from Christina Friel and Connor Wright tosses out the right sassy quips while the drag star-dominant cast get a bodacious opportunity to dance and sing, all making this an E-ticket ride that’s impossible to sashay away from without a big smile on your face. Randy Myers, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
Verb
Trump quips 'only consequential presidents get shot' in wild Cohen sit-down. FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026 Byrd quips, adding that the next generation has emulated her work. Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 1 July 2026 Certainly somebody is writing all those runway quips on RuPaul’s Drag Race. Joe Reid, Vulture, 20 June 2026 And one key difference, Electra quips, between her comeback and Anderson's is their approach to red carpet glam. Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026 Davide Cerrato quips that his lifelong passion for fly fishing was written in the stars. Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 23 May 2026 Pittsburgh Steelers This is a solid commercial for the city of Pittsburgh, with the language and food quips. Jayna Bardahl, New York Times, 15 May 2026 Johnson quips in the trailer for the special. Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 6 May 2026 He was known for calling them on a regular basis on his cell phone to trade tips and quips about the latest updates on politics, sports and other news. Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 24 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quips
Noun
  • Champions League hat-tricks, 25-yarders and nutmegs — some debuts are the stuff of dreams.
    Amitai Winehouse, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Boston Dynamics was once best known for its viral videos of robots doing cool tricks, but that space has been taken over by Chinese humanoids and their flashy dance moves.
    J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The innuendo only encouraged the bidding — and the riding jokes — with two guests ultimately taking the experience at $120,000 each.
    Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 11 Sep. 2026
  • In reality, only Bullock manages to fully land the jokes written for her.
    Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Her mannerisms, comedy, music, references and cultural touchstones were influenced by the Black woman playing her.
    Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
  • In a sprightly performance rife with oddball mannerisms, Gnecco gives Borges equal parts impish wisdom, earthy vulgarity and childlike wonder, rarely letting a moment’s silence go unfilled with eager chatter.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 29 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Again, the things of life, the ups and downs, the laughs and the tears — this is Mike Leigh at his most humane and heartwarming in a film that seems to be about nothing really, but the universal truth of it all is about everything.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Having a bunch of huge favorites means one of them is about to see its entire hopeful offseason culminate in immediate disaster as everyone points and laughs.
    Jason Kirk, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • His ability to square the ball up and not chase out of the strike zone are probably his best traits.
    Jim Bowden, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The offense showed a lot of good traits in a small sample size, but still has strides to make as the Tigers open up the playbook.
    PJ Green September 4, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • All these new axes and viewing options bring with them more coding and content-delivery quirks.
    Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Human behavior is complex, leaving plenty of room for cultural quirks and intriguing outliers.
    Mike McRae September 08, New Atlas, 8 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • There’s no better way to quickly learn a person’s idiosyncrasies than living with them.
    Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • If LRMs can supercharge mathematics research the way AlphaFold did for computational biology, this line of thinking goes, why not embrace them, idiosyncrasies and all, and just verify the results?
    John Pavlus, Quanta Magazine, 31 July 2026
Noun
  • See the Republican Party, which considers Islamophobia as one of its main characteristics.
    Ayman M. Mohyeldin, Vanity Fair, 11 Sep. 2026
  • What’s more useful in understanding the world is a straightforward accounting of it—a kind of double-entry inventory of its characteristics.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026

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“Quips.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quips. Accessed 13 Sep. 2026.

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