quippy

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/ˈkwɪpi/

adjective

Jokey; inclined to or characterised by quipping.

Scrabble 22

Meanings

adjectivequippy (comparative quippier, superlative quippiest)

comparative quippier · superlative quippiest

  1. Jokey; inclined to or characterised by quipping.

    One of them told us in a quippy comment: “we are not architects”.

    2008, Pierre Dillenbourg, Times of convergence: technologies across learning contexts
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    I usually flinch at the quippy philosophies espoused on car bumper stickers...

    2003, Dorcas S Miller, More Backcountry Cooking: Moveable Feasts from the Experts

    Dyer’s trademark wit and uniqueness, in fact, surround you before you’ve even turned to the first page: the first half of his title, “Jeff in Venice,” at once offers a quippy come-on and announces he’s going to subvert and update the classic novella by Thomas Mann (putting the self, or anti-self, in place of death)[…]

    2009 April 19, Pico Iyer, “Rough Guide to Transformation”, in New York Times

Origin

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APA

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MLA

“quippy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quippy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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