Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One given to or known for making quips.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A person who frequently makes quips.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a person who makes
quips ; ajoker
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Examples
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Drawing back from the brink of a blush, Mr. Ravenstahl, not normally known as a quipster, deadpanned, "I guess she let out the secret of how we got the deal done."
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Say the name of actor Leslie Jordan and the face might not come to mind, but mention the name Beverley Leslie, the character he played in the US TV sitcom Will & Grace, and you're more likely to recall the camp southern quipster who traded barbs with mouthy socialite Karen Walker.
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An off color alleged joke that doesn't sound much like a joke from a professional quipster is hardly the right way to get a legitimate criticism across.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Why Carville Won't Apologize to Obama for his Balls Crack Earl Ofari Hutchinson 2010
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An off color alleged joke that doesn't sound much like a joke from a professional quipster is hardly the right way to get a legitimate criticism across.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Why Carville Won't Apologize to Obama for his Balls Crack Earl Ofari Hutchinson 2010
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Acheson despairs of Adlai Stevenson — this paunchy quipster is no Marcus Aurelius.
Enthusiasts for Hard Power Alonzo L. Hamby 2010
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Maybe instead of Conan O'Brien you should morph Jay and Jimmy with Schwarzenegger's "Conan" and create the quintessential quipster capable of not only joking about the Conservative's ridiculous take on terror but actually single handedly conquering it.
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I can't help but think of this quote from renowned quipster Will Rogers: "Let advertisers spend the same amount of money improving their product that they do on advertising, and they wouldn't have to advertise it."
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I can't help but think of this quote from renowned quipster Will Rogers: "Let advertisers spend the same amount of money improving their product that they do on advertising, and they wouldn't have to advertise it."
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Hawkeye lost a lot of his charm in "The Ultimates", since a quipster with some trick arrows makes very little sense in a realistic fire fight.
Top 100 Comic Book Runs #35-31 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008
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Suaxus and Budjir tried to spot the quipster, failed.
Mission to Moulokin Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1979
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