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quippy

/ˈkwɪpi/

quippy adjective: jokey; inclined to or characterised by quipping.

Adjective

quippy (comparative quippier, superlative quippiest)

  1. Jokey; inclined to or characterised by quipping.
    • I usually flinch at the quippy philosophies espoused on car bumper stickers...2003, Dorcas S Miller, More Backcountry Cooking: Moveable Feasts from the Experts
    • One of them told us in a quippy comment: “we are not architects”.2008, Pierre Dillenbourg, Times of convergence: technologies across learning contexts

Forms of quippy

comparativequippier
superlativequippiest

Origin of quippy

From quip + -y.

Words formed from quippy

Questions about quippy

What does quippy mean?
Quippy means jokey; inclined to or characterised by quipping.
What part of speech is quippy?
Quippy is an adjective.
How do you pronounce quippy?
Quippy is pronounced /ˈkwɪpi/.

Words near quippy in the dictionary

  1. quippingly
  2. quippish
  3. quippishness
  4. quippu
  5. quippus
  6. quippy
  7. quips
  8. quipsome
  9. quipster
  10. quipsters
  11. quipu

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