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QUIPPED
QUIP
gag, quip
(verb) make jokes or quips; “The students were gagging during dinner”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
quipped
simple past tense and past participle of quip
Source: Wiktionary
QUIP
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
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