gag, quip
(verb) make jokes or quips; “The students were gagging during dinner”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
quipped
simple past tense and past participle of quip
Source: Wiktionary
Quip, n. Etym: [Cf. W. chwip a quick flirt or turn, chwipio to whip, to move briskly, and E. whip. Cf. Quib, Quibble.]
Definition: A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort; a gibe. Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles. Milton. He was full of joke and jest, But all his merry quips are o'er. Tennyson.
Quip, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Quipping.]
Definition: To taunt; to treat with quips. The more he laughs, and does her closely quip. Spenser.
Quip, v. i.
Definition: To scoff; to use taunts. Sir H. Sidney.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 December 2024
(noun) (plural) spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun; “he was wearing a pair of mirrored shades”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
