QUIP


Meaning of QUIP in English

/ kwɪp; NAmE / noun , verb

■ noun

a quick and clever remark :

to make a quip

■ verb

( -pp- ) [ v speech ] to make a quick and clever remark

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 16th cent.: perhaps from Latin quippe indeed, forsooth.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.