Quip — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a witty saying

witty remark

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kwˈɪp/

🇬🇧British English

/kwˈɪp/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kwˈɪp/

1 syllable Say it as /kwˈɪp/.

Examples

The students were gagging during dinner

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

wisecrack epigram gag crack sally

Parts of Speech

noun	a witty saying
noun	witty remark
verb	make jokes or quips “The students were gagging during dinner”

Word Forms

epigrammatic	adjective	terse and witty and like a maxim
quip	verb	make jokes or quips
wisecrack	verb	make a comment, usually ironic
crack	verb	tell spontaneously
gag	noun	a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
quip	noun	witty remark

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

witzeln

ein witziges Sprichwort

🇫🇷French

quolibet

un dicton plein d'esprit

🇪🇸Spanish

sofismo

un dicho ingenioso

🇮🇹Italian

battuta

un detto spiritoso

🇳🇱Dutch

grapje

een geestig gezegde

🇵🇹Portuguese

piada

um ditado espirituoso

🇷🇺Russian

шутка

остроумное высказывание

India

🇮🇳Hindi

ताना

एक मजाकिया कहावत

🇧🇩Bengali

ঠাট্টা

একটি মজার কথা

🇮🇳Tamil

கிண்டல்

ஒரு நகைச்சுவையான கூற்று

🇮🇳Telugu

చమత్కరించు

ఒక చమత్కారమైన మాట

🇮🇳Marathi

थट्टा

एक विनोदी म्हण

🇮🇳Gujarati

કટાક્ષ

એક વિનોદી કહેવત

🇮🇳Kannada

ವ್ಯಂಗ್ಯ

ಒಂದು ಹಾಸ್ಯದ ಮಾತು

🇮🇳Malayalam

തമാശ

തമാശയുള്ള ഒരു വാക്ക്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਚੁਟਕਲਾ

ਇੱਕ ਮਜ਼ੇਦਾਰ ਕਹਾਵਤ

🇵🇰Urdu

قہقہہ لگانا

ایک مضحکہ خیز کہاوت

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

讽刺

一句诙谐的话

🇯🇵Japanese

冗談

機知に富んだ言葉

🇰🇷Korean

경구

재치 있는 말

🇻🇳Vietnamese

châm biếm

một câu nói dí dỏm

🇹🇭Thai

เด็ด

คำพูดที่เฉียบแหลม

🇮🇩Indonesian

menyindir

sebuah pepatah yang jenaka

🇲🇾Malay

sindir

pepatah berjenaka

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

سخرية

قول بارع

🇮🇷Persian

شوخی

یک جمله شوخ

🇹🇷Turkish

espri

esprili bir söz

🇮🇱Hebrew

תַעֲלוּל

אמירה שנונה

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