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  • verb Present participle of quip.

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Examples

  • No, Ray Romano probably didn't exercise the greatest tact and caution in quipping during a brief monologue that "Frasier is screwing my wife!" now that Kelsey Grammer and his TV wife Patricia Heaton star together on the new Fox comedy "Back to You."

    And the Primetime Emmy For Outstanding Bleeper in a Heavy-Handed Role Goes To... 2007

  • The best judges have admitted that, in contradistinction to this perpetual quipping, which is, as far as it goes, of his time, the general style of

    A History of Elizabethan Literature George Saintsbury 1889

  • In a jab at British authorities who barred him from entering the country in February, Wilders thanked immigration authorities for "letting me into this great country," quipping: "It is always a pleasure to cross a border without being sent back on the first plane."

    Infidel Bloggers Alliance 2009

  • He's irked by peers who accuse him of "being co-opted by The Man", quipping "Who is co-opting whom?

    Bostonist 2009

  • Reuters reports that this "prompted guffaws and widespread murmuring from the audience," with someone quipping, "I can't eat an iPad."

    'I Can't Eat an iPad' 2011

  • And he likes it that way, quipping: I don't make music for the masses to dance to.

    Getting the Band Back Together Andy Beta 2011

  • The two even nodded slyly to the situation, with Ms. Hathaway quipping to Mr. Franco during their opening scene, "You look very appealing to a younger demographic."

    Grazer In, Murphy Out at Oscars Erica Orden 2011

  • Plus, the notion that quipping offers an advantage in a fight would mean vigilantes would need gag writers as well as costume and weapons designers.

    Why We Quip 2009

  • Ladbrokes branded him Britain's worst tipster with the bookies' spokesman David Williams cheesily quipping: The prime minister is giving pin-stickers a bad name.

    Tattenham Corner 2011

  • Michael Ross , a lawyer for Emanuel Goffer, said prosecutors failed to prove that his client used prepaid phones to engage in insider trading, quipping at one point: "This case seems like U.S. vs. prepaid phones."

    Prosecutor: Zvi Goffer Led Insider-Trading Network Chad Bray 2011

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