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- adjective
Joky ; inclined to or characterised byquipping .
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Examples
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HARRIS: Well, I had something kind of quippy to say there, but once you figure that he's -- yes, there's some issues there.
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She was mean but never in a clever quippy-quote sort of way.
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Though my friends and I weren't quite as quippy back in college, we absolutely had our fair share of chitchats that began with the words, "I hate my ..." or "My [blank] is so gross."
Leslie Goldman: Do I Look Fat in This? Don't Ask, Don't Tell Leslie Goldman 2010
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Though my friends and I weren't quite as quippy back in college, we absolutely had our fair share of chitchats that began with the words, "I hate my ..." or "My [blank] is so gross."
Leslie Goldman: Do I Look Fat in This? Don't Ask, Don't Tell Leslie Goldman 2010
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Of course, it's not like Damian isn't quippy in his own way, as you said.
Why We Quip 2009
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There's ruthless violence committed against good Samaritans mixed with quippy one liners and deliciously dark humor.
Kim Morgan: For the Love of (Film Noir): Nightfall Kim Morgan 2011
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Scary, sexy and addictive from the get-go, the hour-long series seems set to feed on the Buffy theme of a quippy teen dealing with extraordinary abilities — in this case, the gift of serious facial hair and the fingernails of a hobo — while flipping the script by making Scott the prey and his crush's daddy the slayer-in-waiting.
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The least aggravating which these days is a plus of this week's newbies is ABC's Happy Endings, the latest in a long line of derivative Friends rom-com clones about a quippy, cutesy sextet of best buds who could use a refresher course in chemistry.
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There's ruthless violence committed against good Samaritans mixed with quippy one liners and deliciously dark humor.
Kim Morgan: For the Love of (Film Noir): Nightfall Kim Morgan 2011
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Oh, also, in the. 00000042% chance that SN ever gets turned into a movie, Gary will be a smoking hawt ex-Navy SEAL (“who wants to watch an IRS agent, really?”) and Agent Orange will be a quippy black guy.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Open Writing Forum 2009
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