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Quib (noun)
A quip or gibe.
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Quip (noun)
A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort or comeback; a gibe.
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Quip (verb)
To make a quip.
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Quip (verb)
To taunt; to treat with quips.
Wiktionary
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Quib (noun)
A jibe, a taunt; a quip. Compare “quibble”. Now North American.
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Quib (verb)
Chiefly US= “quip”.
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Quib (verb)
Chiefly US. To argue or quibble, especially about a triviality or in a petty manner. Chiefly with about, over.
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Quip (noun)
a witty remark
“Peter ate heartily with a quip about being a condemned man”
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Quip (noun)
a play on words
“tricks of controversy and quips of law”
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Quip (verb)
make a witty remark
“‘Flattery will get you nowhere,’ she quipped”
Oxford Dictionary