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单词 quipping
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quipping in British English

present participle of verb
quip
 

quip in British English

(kwɪp)
noun
1. 
a sarcastic or cutting remark; gibe
2. 
a witty or clever saying
a merry quip
3.  archaic another word for quibble
verbWord forms: quips, quipping or quipped
4. (intransitive)
to make a quip
Word origin
C16: from earlier quippy, probably from Latin quippe indeed, to be sure

Examples of 'quipping' in a sentence
quipping

'Fine-looking and funny with it, always quipping ,' said Hendrik.
Mark Mills AMAGANSETT (2004)
He has long mixed courtly quipping with teasing profundity.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
If he's going down, he's going down quipping.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Instead, it's simply about five people in a room, talking and quipping and making us laugh.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Sometimes dark, often funny, he can go high and low and thoroughly possessed: quipping,observing, wheedling, shouting.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He found her humour a challenge at times - who wouldn't when a loved one is quipping about their death?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The action of being amusing has a panoply of mortifying descriptors: 'joking', 'wisecracking', 'jesting', 'quipping'.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
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