Meaning & use
quips
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Witty, clever remarks, often made spontaneously.
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His quips during the meeting lightened the tense mood.
She quips about her own mistakes before anyone else can.
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From Latin 'quippe,' meaning 'indeed' or 'forsooth,' used sarcastically; the modern sense of a clever retort developed in the 16th century.
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