- quip
- n1. gibe, jape, Inf. wisecrack, Inf. crack, put-down, barb, Sl. zinger, squib, smart-aleck remark.2. joke, jest, witticism, sally, mot, bon mot, ad-lib; gag, waggery, drollery, one-liner, wheeze, pleasantry; pun, double entendre; epigram, apothegm, gnome, aphorism; repartee, riposte, retort.3. quibble, evasion, equivocation, sophism, ambiguity; cavil, criticism, niggling, nagging.v4. gibe, Inf. wisecrack, Inf. crack wise, put down, slam, let [s.o.] have it, give [s.o.] a piece of one's mind; joke, jest, gag, kid, kid around; ad-lib, pun; quibble, equivocate, shilly-shally, split hairs, talk with forked tongue, talk out of both sides of one's mouth, mince words; pettifog, bicker, carp, cavil, object, niggle; complain, nag, mouth off.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.