What is another word for quips?

Pronunciation: [kwˈɪps] (IPA)

Quips are witty remarks that are meant to be humorous or clever. There are many synonyms for the word "quips" that can be used depending on the context. Some of the synonyms for quips include one-liners, wisecracks, jokes, wisecracks, puns, jibes, barbs, zingers, comebacks, and ripostes. These words can be used interchangeably to add depth and variation to your writing or conversation. Whether you want to highlight your sense of humor or showcase your ability to deliver witty remarks, using different synonyms for quips can help you express yourself in a more effective and engaging manner.

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  • Independent

    • Verb, 3rd person singular present
      kid.
  • Other Related

    • Verb, 3rd person singular present
      joke, jokes.

What are the hypernyms for Quips?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Quips

They vied with each other in their vocabulary of praise; and as to Punch's quips and sallies, his puns, his propriety, his "pencillings," and his cuts-they simply defied description; you just cracked your sides with laughter at the jokes, and that was all about it.
"The History of "Punch""
M. H. Spielmann
And further, as you shall think, there did be that lovely One with me alway; and did make sweet quips unto me, and talkt and did laugh, and oft did come into singing; for she did be so sweetly joyed that I was in life and did mend so proper.
"The Night Land"
William Hope Hodgson
It was Cornish who made the best jokes, and laughed the loudest at the journalistic quips fired off by his companions.
"Roden's Corner"
Henry Seton Merriman

Famous quotes with Quips

  • I have a lot of very close girlfriends and sisters - I'm from an all female family. My father often quips that even the cat was neutered!
    Shirley Manson
  • I had also got used to the idea that here you can make quips all the time and in America that can be very dangerous. I wrote about it in one of the books. Once I was going through customs and immigration in Boston, and the guy said as I went past "Any fruit or vegetables?" and I said "OK, I'll have four pounds of potatoes if they are fresh" and it was like he was going to take me off and pin me to the floor.
    Bill Bryson
  • I am told [Mrs. Coates] bears me in mind and is of a disposition to look with something of favor on my work—which I might say, quoting one of William's playful quips, 'shows her good sense.' They tell me Mrs. Coates is quite a woman among women—is beautiful, shines with great brightness, and, by those who know her well, is admired and cherished...(93) I don't know Mr. Coates but I know the wife—a beautiful, true woman, I have always believed her. We have had several talks together—or maybe only one talk: I am not clear about that now—but I shall always remember what she said—the effect of her talk, which was mainly about Matthew Arnold, who was her guest in Germantown. Arnold is a man for whom I never seem to be able to get up any stir—with whom I never have had and never could have a thorough-going affinity. But Mrs. Coates gave me the other side of him—the social side, the personal side, the intellectual side—the side of deportment, behavior—the side which I ought perhaps most to hear about and did willingly and gladly hear of from her. For every man has that better thing to be said of him—is entitled to all it may mean, signify, explain...(112) Yes, tell the Coates people—Mrs., Mr. Coates—to come over: I will see them...(156) I saw [Mr. and Mrs. Coates]—was glad to see them: both of them are so good, cordial, sincere—she particularly. It does my old eyes good to look at such a woman...(215) The letter [Mrs. Coates had sent to me] that came with [the poem, "The Promised Land"] was very hospitable, forth-giving: I liked it: indeed, the letter was a better poem than the poem: a real poem, in fact...(396)
    Florence Earle Coates
  • If I were king of radio, mighty monarch of the air lanes, I would make Will Cuppy the master of ceremonies on all programs, because he has the nonchalance and grace of the genuine man-about-town. His quips are as fresh as traffic cops and his delivery leaves this corner as happy as a comedian who has just found a sponsor.
    Will Cuppy
  • The Poet could not remember ever fearing death, but he had often suspected Providence of plotting the worst for him as to the manner of his dying when the time came to go. He had expected to rot away. Slowly and not very fragrantly. Some poetic insight had warned him that he would surely die a blubbering leprous lump, cravenly penitential but impenitent. Never had he anticipated anything so blunt and final as a bullet in the stomach, and with not even an audience at hand to hear his dying quips. The last thing they had heard him say when they shot him was: "Oof!" — his testament for posterity. Ooof!
    Walter M. Miller

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