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quip
Pronunciation: ⁄kwɪp⁄
noun
·              a witty remark:Peter ate heartily with a quip about being a condemned man
·   archaic a play on words:tricks of controversy and quips of law
verb (quips, quipping, quipped)
[no object]
·              make a witty remark: [with direct speech]:‘Flattery will get you nowhere,’ she quipped

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