quip
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++quip /kwɪp/ verb (quipped, quipping) [transitive] JOKEto say something clever and amusing 说俏皮话,说妙语 ‘Giving up smoking is easy, ’ he quipped. ‘I’ve done it hundreds of times.’ “戒烟很容易啊,”他风趣地说,“我已经戒过几百次了。”► see thesaurus at comment —quip noun [countable] an amusing quip 俏皮话→ See Verb table
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quip• Beyond the quipping, Dole presented sharp contrasts in style with Clinton.• ``It's the 40th anniversary of my 29th birthday, " quipped Reagan.Origin quip (1500-1600) Perhaps from Latin quippe “certainly, indeed”, from quid “what”quip verbChinese
say amusing something Corpus to clever and
quip
quip /kwɪp/
verb (past tense and past participle quipped, present participle quipping) [transitive]
‘Giving up smoking is easy,’ he quipped. ‘I’ve done it hundreds of times.’
—quip noun [countable]:
an amusing quip
quip /kwɪp/
verb (past tense and past participle quipped, present participle quipping) [transitive] Date: 1500-1600
Origin: Perhaps from Latin quippe 'certainly, indeed', from quid 'what'
to say something clever and amusing:Origin: Perhaps from Latin quippe 'certainly, indeed', from quid 'what'
—quip noun [countable]: