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as in trick
an odd or peculiar habit
has his share of the quips that seem to come with a title of nobility
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as in joke
something said or done to cause laughter
the crowd laughed aloud at the author's clever quip
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as in to joke
to make jokes
she rolled her eyes at her brother's bragging and quipped, "You're a legend in your own mind, all right"
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Recent Examples of quip
Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 21 Dec. 2024
Instead, Belichick offered a quip about his reputation for giving terse responses during news conferences with the Patriots.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 11 Dec. 2024
Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 19 Dec. 2024
Holland quipped when asked about being Zendaya’s co-star.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024
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Noun
That was amplified by a quip that Strickland reportedly made.
—Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 21 Dec. 2024
Instead, Belichick offered a quip about his reputation for giving terse responses during news conferences with the Patriots.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 11 Dec. 2024
Verb
The singer quipped freely in her annual video with Vanity Fair.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 19 Dec. 2024
Holland quipped when asked about being Zendaya’s co-star.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024
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When working with one or a few rats, snacks like nuts, seeds, and fruit often do the trick.Laura Bradley, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2025
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Magness recommended a trick backed by psychology: Use second- and third-person pronouns when talking to yourself, instead of first-person pronouns.Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 17 Jan. 2025
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Humor is a helpful tool in dealing with tension and stress, so making jokes about an incident that can help manage the feelings of cognitive dissonance and helplessness news like this can elicit.Callum Booth, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Speaking over Zoom, Vidal told me that in 2019 many people took Trump’s suggestion about buying Greenland as a joke.John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
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Common features in children who claim to have led a previous life include a verbal precocity and mannerisms at odds with that of the rest of the family.Saskia Solomon, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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Brody was 7 years old when his grandfather died, but the memories of his speech and mannerisms left their mark.E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 23 Dec. 2024
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The fake laugh would be ‘gasp gasp,’ a kind of inhale.Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
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Rivers said with a laugh before his Bucks’ faced Thibodeau’s Knicks at Madison Square Garden.Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2025
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This month’s trait, kindness, will be celebrated in a Kindness Week at the end of January.Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
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Aside from this unusual trait, Yellow Red Heart promises to delight with vibrant yellow blossoms with a red throat that start early and continue through to a heavy frost.Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2025
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Preparing for this year’s Orange Bowl One quirk of this year’s Orange Bowl matchup: The committee didn’t know exactly who would be playing in the game until Thursday night.Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
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Ultimately though, the pros say learning TGL’s quirks is not unlike preparing for any new course on the calendar.Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 3 Jan. 2025
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And yes, that dollar figure is the 77th million wisecrack over Jimbo Fisher’s buyout.David Whitley, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
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Chock-full of laugh-out-loud quips and wisecracks, Susan Sarandon, Christine Baranski and Cheryl Hines also join in on the fun in the boisterous 2017 sequel to Bad Moms (2016).Lydia Price, People.com, 22 Dec. 2024
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Rums made from sugar cane juice are also more expressive of terroir and vintage characteristics.Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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The characteristics of the outer settlement have significance for understanding what kinds of sites these mega-fortresses were, according to the researcher.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Quip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quip. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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