/ 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.
/ 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
••
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. 2005