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(quips, quipping, quipped) 1. A quip is a remark that is intended be amusing or clever. (WRITTEN) The commentators make endless quips about the female players’ appearance. N-COUNT 2. To quip means to say something that is intended to be amusing or clever. (WRITTEN) ‘He’ll have to go on a diet,’ Ballard quipped... The chairman quipped that he would rather sell his airline than his computer systems. VERB: V with quote, V that QUIRK (quirks) 1. A quirk is something unusual or interesting that happens by chance. By a tantalising quirk of fate, the pair have been drawn to meet in the first round of the championship... N-COUNT: usu with supp, N of n, adj N 2. A quirk is a habit or aspect of a person’s character which is odd or unusual. Brown was fascinated by people’s quirks and foibles. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: earlier ~py, perhaps from Latin ~pe indeed, to be sure (often ironic), from quid what — more at quiddity Date: 1532 1. a. a clever usually taunting remark ; gibe b. a witty or funny observation or response usually made on the spur of the moment 2. quibble, equivocation 3. something strange, droll, curious, or eccentric ; oddity • ~py adjective II. verb (~ped; ~ping) Date: 1579 intransitive verb to make ~s ; gibe transitive verb to jest or gibe at • ~per noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a clever saying; an epigram; a sarcastic remark etc. 2 a quibble; an equivocation. --v.intr. (quipped, quipping) make quips. Derivatives quipster n. Etymology: abbr. of obs. quippy perh. f. L quippe forsooth ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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сокр. от quad-in-line package (плоский) корпус с четырёхрядным расположением (штырьковых) выводов ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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1. саркастическое замечание; колкость 2. мудрое изречение 3. софизм; игра слов; увертка 4. что-л. странное 5. безделушка, украшение 6. язвительно высмеивать; делать колкое замечание; насмехаться "She is much too cultured", he quipped to his friend —- "Она для этого чересчур культурна", - язвительно заметил он своему другу ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) саркастическое замечание; колкость 2) остроумное замечание или ответ 3) увертка, софизм Syn: see joke 2. v. делать колкие замечания; насмехатьс ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1532, perhaps from L. quippe "indeed, forsooth" (used sarcastically), from quid "what," neut. of quis "who" (cf. quibble). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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