gag, quip
(verb) make jokes or quips; “The students were gagging during dinner”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
quipping
present 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
3 July 2024
(noun) an excited state of agitation; “he was in a dither”; “there was a terrible flap about the theft”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.