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A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow.
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Meaning of "quip" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD QUIP

From earlier quippy, probably from Latin quippe indeed, to be sure.
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PRONUNCIATION OF QUIP

quip  [kwɪp] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF QUIP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Quip is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb quip in English.

WHAT DOES QUIP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

quip

Wit

Wit is a form of intelligent humour, the ability to say or write things that are clever and usually funny. A wit is a person skilled at making clever and funny remarks. Forms of wit include the quip and repartee.

Definition of quip in the English dictionary

The first definition of quip in the dictionary is a sarcastic or cutting remark; gibe. Other definition of quip is a witty or clever saying. Quip is also to make a quip.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO QUIP

PRESENT

Present
I quip
you quip
he/she/it quips
we quip
you quip
they quip
Present continuous
I am quipping
you are quipping
he/she/it is quipping
we are quipping
you are quipping
they are quipping
Present perfect
I have quipped
you have quipped
he/she/it has quipped
we have quipped
you have quipped
they have quipped
Present perfect continuous
I have been quipping
you have been quipping
he/she/it has been quipping
we have been quipping
you have been quipping
they have been quipping
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I quipped
you quipped
he/she/it quipped
we quipped
you quipped
they quipped
Past continuous
I was quipping
you were quipping
he/she/it was quipping
we were quipping
you were quipping
they were quipping
Past perfect
I had quipped
you had quipped
he/she/it had quipped
we had quipped
you had quipped
they had quipped
Past perfect continuous
I had been quipping
you had been quipping
he/she/it had been quipping
we had been quipping
you had been quipping
they had been quipping
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will quip
you will quip
he/she/it will quip
we will quip
you will quip
they will quip
Future continuous
I will be quipping
you will be quipping
he/she/it will be quipping
we will be quipping
you will be quipping
they will be quipping
Future perfect
I will have quipped
you will have quipped
he/she/it will have quipped
we will have quipped
you will have quipped
they will have quipped
Future perfect continuous
I will have been quipping
you will have been quipping
he/she/it will have been quipping
we will have been quipping
you will have been quipping
they will have been quipping
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would quip
you would quip
he/she/it would quip
we would quip
you would quip
they would quip
Conditional continuous
I would be quipping
you would be quipping
he/she/it would be quipping
we would be quipping
you would be quipping
they would be quipping
Conditional perfect
I would have quip
you would have quip
he/she/it would have quip
we would have quip
you would have quip
they would have quip
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been quipping
you would have been quipping
he/she/it would have been quipping
we would have been quipping
you would have been quipping
they would have been quipping
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you quip
we let´s quip
you quip
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to quip
Past participle
quipped
Present Participle
quipping
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH QUIP


bullwhip
ˈbʊlˌwɪp
coachwhip
ˈkəʊtʃˌwɪp
equip
ɪˈkwɪp
horsewhip
ˈhɔːsˌwɪp
overequip
ˌəʊvərɪˈkwɪp
whip
wɪp

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE QUIP

quintillion
quintillionth
Quintin
quintroon
quintuple
quintuplet
quintuplicate
quintuplication
quintuply
quinze
quipped
quipper
quipping
quippish
quippu
quippy
quipster
quipu
quire

WORDS THAT END LIKE QUIP

championship
chip
clip
dip
flip
hip
leadership
membership
nip
partnership
re-equip
relationship
rip
ship
skip
slip
strip
tip
trip
zip

Synonyms and antonyms of quip in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «QUIP»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «quip» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of quip

Translation of «quip» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF QUIP

Find out the translation of quip to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of quip from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «quip» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

俏皮话
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ocurrencia
570 millions of speakers

English

quip
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ताना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الساخر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тонкое замечание
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

escárnio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পরিহাস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

remarque spirituelle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Quip
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

geistreiche Bemerkung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

気の利いた言い回し
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

재치 있는 말
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Quip
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cải bướng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

துடுக்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

थट्टा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

espri
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

battuta di spirito
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cięty
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тонке зауваження
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

epigramă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πείραγμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geestigheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

spydighet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

QUIP
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of quip

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «QUIP»

The term «quip» is quite widely used and occupies the 48.169 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «QUIP» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about quip

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2 QUOTES WITH «QUIP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word quip.
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Ashton Kutcher
Whether you like it or not, the digital age has produced a new format for modern romance, and natural selection may be favoring the quick-thumbed quip peddler over the confident, ice-breaking alpha male.
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Ovid
A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «QUIP»

Discover the use of quip in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to quip and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Quip for an Upstart Courtier
Quip remains a text surrounded in scandal and controversy, even into the present . Ultimately, A Quip for an Upstart Courtier is a text rife with pertinent issues of its moment. It is exemplary of the literary politics and popular print scandals of its ...
Robert Greene, 2010
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InfoWorld
Named the "Quad In-line Package" (QUIP), the new 64-pin design complements advances in large-scale integration technology that have made it practical to produce high-performance microprocessors with functional densities of 50, 000 to ...
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Writing GNU Emacs Extensions: Editor Customizations and ...
Let's create a local map for Quip mode as described earlier in this chapter. First we create the variable to contain the keymap. Its initial value should be nil. ( defvar quip-mode-map nil "Keymap for quip major mode.") Next we'll write a block of ...
Bob Glickstein, 1997
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Guided Comprehension in Grades 3–8:
Teacher-Directed Whole-Group Instruction Explain summarizing as a reading comprehension strategy and using Questions Into Paragraphs (QuIP) as a way to summarize what we have read. Demonstrate summarizing using QuIP, ...
Maureen McLaughlin, Mary Beth Allen, 2009
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The London Magazine
Enter QUIP. Lady A. One of the Widemouths. Well, sirrah ? Quip. Bipes animal implume, as Plato says (but no cock), to wait upon your ladyship. Lady A. Simple English will suit our rusticity. Quip. A two-legged animal, as God made it, without  ...
John Scott, John Taylor, 1823
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The Smart Set: A Magazine of Cleverness
"Look here," he continued, aggressively, "we've been overdoing those little hints in the papers, Quip. The girl is furious. Lady Mary has been rowing me — all the same, she says Patience is tremendously in love with me. Of course, girls are full  ...
George Jean Nathan, Henry Louis Mencken, 1902
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PC Mag
Alacrity Systems' E-Quip addresses some of the problems, but it's complicated to install and many of its features are geared toward individuals rather than Workgroups. And despite the c0mpany's claim that E-Quip will quickly pay for itself, the ...
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Pseudomonas: Volume 5: A Model System in Biology
PA1032, recently named as quiP (for quorum signal utilization and inactivation protein), is a second P. aeruginosa acylase homologue identified up to now.35 In Figure 6 the localization of quiP on genomic DNA of P. aeruginosa is shown.
Juan-Luis Ramos, Alain Filloux, 2007
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Plunkett's Energy Industry Almanac 2009: The Only ...
DRIL-QUIP INC www.dril-quip.com Exploration/Production: Exploration: Production: Coal Production: Refining/Retailing: Refining: Retailing: Convenience Stores: Chemicals: Utilities: Electric Utility: Gas Utility: Pipelines: Water: Alternative ...
Jack W. Plunkett, 2008
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Plunkett's Almanac of Middle Market Companies 2009
DRIL-QUIP INC www.dril-quip.com Industry Group Code: 213111 Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 4 Profits: 3 Services: Financial: Advert./ Marketing: Logistics/Transportation: Travel: Other: Services: Entertainment/ Publishing: ...
Jack W. Plunkett, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «QUIP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term quip is used in the context of the following news items.
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Quip, The Mobile-First Word Processing App, Adds A Desktop Version
When Quip was first debuted to the world two years ago by co-founder and former Facebook CTO Bret Taylor, its unique selling point was that it was a “mobile ... «TechCrunch, Jul 15»
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Dublin cabbie a local hero after gay marriage quip goes viral
The Irish taxi driver whose hilarious quip about gay marriage won applause worldwide has become a local celebrity in his Dublin hometown after the country's ... «9news.com.au, May 15»
3
Dril-Quip, Inc. Announces Results For First Quarter 2015
HOUSTON, April 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Dril-Quip, Inc. (NYSE: DRQ) today announced net income of $53.7 million, or $1.38 per diluted share, for the three ... «PR Newswire, Apr 15»
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Let's Talk: Quip, Zendesk, and Evernote All Want A Piece Of Your …
Quip, an online tool for workplace collaboration, is getting chatty, adding features that let coworkers chat in free-form chatrooms. Chattier, we should say, since ... «ReadWrite, Apr 15»
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Gyrocopter Capitol Quip Defense System
Given all the gyrations the White House and Congress have gone through over legislation to give lawmakers a say in a nuclear deal with Iran, we wonder if there ... «Roll Call, Apr 15»
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Dril-Quip: Despite Positives, Stay On The Sidelines (DRQ)
I had written an article on Dril-Quip (NYSE:DRQ) way back on June 3, 2013. The stock was under covered at that point of time and my article was the first article ... «Seeking Alpha, Apr 15»
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Dril-Quip, Inc. Announces Results For 4th Quarter & Year End 2014 …
HOUSTON, Feb. 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Dril-Quip, Inc. (NYSE: DRQ) today announced net income of $59.1 million, or $1.50 per diluted share, for the three ... «PR Newswire, Feb 15»
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Dril-Quip (DRQ) Downgraded From Buy to Hold
"We rate DRIL-QUIP INC (DRQ) a HOLD. The primary factors that have impacted our rating are mixed - some indicating strength, some showing weaknesses, ... «TheStreet.com, Jan 15»
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Double Down on These SOTU Capitol Quips
... cartoons this week by leaving it in the comments section, just make sure to mark it clearly with “Obama:” and alternatively, “Boehner:” before offering your quip. «Roll Call, Jan 15»
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Quip: Make Numbers Dynamic, Too
Quip, a fast-moving start-up that makes collaborative software for mobile workers, has an important new addition to its product: Spreadsheets. If you're not ... «New York Times, Oct 14»

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