quip

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From a shortening of earlier quippy, perhaps from Latin quippe (“indeed”), ultimately quid (“what”).

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: طعني — smart, sarcastic turn or jest
• Bulgarian: остроу́мие (ostroúmie) — smart, sarcastic turn or jest
• Bulgarian: би́сер (bíser) — smart, sarcastic turn or jest
• Czech: vtípek — smart, sarcastic turn or jest
• Dutch: kwinkslag — smart, sarcastic turn or jest
• Finnish: sutkaus — smart, sarcastic turn or jest
• Finnish: sivallus — smart, sarcastic turn or jest
• French: pique — smart, sarcastic turn or jest
• Georgian: ენამახვილობა (enamaxviloba) — smart, sarcastic turn or jest
• Georgian: მოსწრებული სიტყვა (mosc̣rebuli siṭq̇va) — smart, sarcastic turn or jest
• German: geistreiche Bemerkung — smart, sarcastic turn or jest
• German: Witz — smart, sarcastic turn or jest
• German: Witzelei — smart, sarcastic turn or jest
• German: Stichelei — smart, sarcastic turn or jest
• German: Erwiderung — smart, sarcastic turn or jest
• German: Retourkutsche — smart, sarcastic turn or jest
• German: Spöttelei — smart, sarcastic turn or jest
• Greek: σκώμμα (skómma) — smart, sarcastic turn or jest
• Greek: χαριτολόγημα (charitológima) — smart, sarcastic turn or jest
• Greek: πείραγμα (peíragma) — smart, sarcastic turn or jest
• Hungarian: beszólás — smart, sarcastic turn or jest
• Italian: freddura — smart, sarcastic turn or jest
• Italian: battuta — smart, sarcastic turn or jest
• Italian: frizzo — smart, sarcastic turn or jest
• Macedonian: досетка (dosetka) — smart, sarcastic turn or jest
• Occitan: trufada — smart, sarcastic turn or jest
• Occitan: galejada — smart, sarcastic turn or jest
• Occitan: escarni — smart, sarcastic turn or jest
• Occitan: trach d'esperit — smart, sarcastic turn or jest
• Portuguese: chiste — smart, sarcastic turn or jest
• Russian: ко́лкость (kólkostʹ) — smart, sarcastic turn or jest
• Russian: остро́та (ostróta) — smart, sarcastic turn or jest
• Serbo-Croatian: doskočica — smart, sarcastic turn or jest
• Spanish: puntada (Mesoamerica) — smart, sarcastic turn or jest
• Spanish: agudeza — smart, sarcastic turn or jest
• Spanish: donaire — smart, sarcastic turn or jest
• Spanish: gracieta — smart, sarcastic turn or jest
• Swedish: kvickhet — smart, sarcastic turn or jest
• Turkish: nükte — smart, sarcastic turn or jest
• Turkish: espri — smart, sarcastic turn or jest
• Ottoman Turkish: لطیفه (latife) — smart, sarcastic turn or jest
• Ukrainian: саркастичне зауваження (sarkastyčne zauvažennja) — smart, sarcastic turn or jest
• Urdu: طعنہ (taana) — smart, sarcastic turn or jest
• Czech: vtípkovat — to make a quip
• Finnish: sutkauttaa — to make a quip
• French: blaguer — to make a quip
• French: plaisanter — to make a quip
• German: witzeln — to make a quip
• Greek: σκώπτω (skópto) — to make a quip
• Greek: χαριτολογώ (charitologó) — to make a quip
• Greek: πειράζω (peirázo) — to make a quip
• Russian: язви́ть (jazvítʹ) — to make a quip
• Serbo-Croatian: našaliti se — to make a quip
• Spanish: ironizar — to make a quip