quip

UK: /ˈkwɪp/ US: /kwɪp/ ,(kwip)

Inflections of 'quip' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

quips

v 3rd person singular

quipping

v pres p

quipped

v past

quipped

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

quip /kwɪp/   n., v., quipped, quip•ping. 
n. [countable]

1. a clever or witty remark or comment.

v. [no object]

2. to make or utter a quip.

quip•ster, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

quip  (kwip), n., v., quipped, quip•ping. 
n. 

1. a clever or witty remark or comment.
2. a sharp, sarcastic remark;
   a cutting jest.
3. a quibble.
4. an odd or fantastic action or thing.

v.i. 
5. to utter quips.
• Latin quippe indeed
• back formation from quippy quip 1525–35
quip′pish, adj. 
quip′pish•ness, n. 
Synonyms
• 1. joke, witticism.
• 2. gibe, sally, jape.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

quip / kwɪp/ noun

1. a sarcastic or cutting remark; gibe
2. a witty or clever saying
3. 
   another word for quibble

verb (quips, quipping, quipped)

1. (intransitive) to make a quip

Etymology: 16th Century: from earlier quippy, probably from Latin quippe indeed, to be sure