QUIP

n. v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

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.

2.
v.

To taunt; to treat with quips. The more he laughs, and does her closely quip. Spenser.

3.
v.

To scoff; to use taunts. Sir H. Sidney.

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