quipping
Delivering witty remarks
Quipping is making quick, witty remarks or clever comments.
The word suggests verbal dexterity and spontaneity—someone quipping isn't delivering rehearsed lines but responding in the moment: She spent the evening quipping about politics.
A quip typically has a sharp or humorous edge.
Flippant clever remark
- one-linerBrief standalone joke
- jestHumorous remark or act
- gagMouth restraint or jest
- japeMocking trick or quip
punchline · zinger · joke · crack · bon mot · funny · amusing · droll
Quick, clever conversation
- badinagePlayful, teasing conversation
- railleryHumorous, affectionate teasing
- persiflageFlippant, teasing discourse
- teasingPlayful, mild ridicule
ribbing · chaff · pleasantry · back-and-forth · playfulness · jocularity · crosstalk · wordplay
Grimly mocking
- snarkyMockingly critical in tone
- bitingHarshly critical or cold
- causticChemically burning; bitterly mocking
- cuttingDividing via sharp edge
barb · acerbic · mocking · derisive · ironic · scathing · mordant · taunting
Showing mental quickness
- sharpFine-edged, or astute
- quickMoving with speed
- rapierSlender dueling blade
- intellectualConcerning thought and reason
sophisticated · epigrammatic · aphoristic · pithy · incisive · brilliant · nimble · astute
wisecrack
Flippant clever remark
jape · punchline · zinger · joke · crack · bon mot · funny · amusing · droll · comedic
repartee
Quick, clever conversation
- badinagePlayful, teasing conversation
- railleryHumorous, affectionate teasing
- persiflageFlippant, teasing discourse
teasing · ribbing · chaff · pleasantry · back-and-forth · playfulness · jocularity · crosstalk · wordplay · rejoinder
sardonic
Grimly mocking
- snarkyMockingly critical in tone
- bitingHarshly critical or cold
- causticChemically burning; bitterly mocking
cutting · barb · acerbic · mocking · derisive · ironic · scathing · mordant · taunting · contemptuous
clever
Showing mental quickness
intellectual · sophisticated · epigrammatic · aphoristic · pithy · incisive · brilliant · nimble · astute · urbane
- Types of Humorsilliness, funniness, wittiness, corniness, zaniness
- banterbanter, teasing, ribbing, joshing, kidding
- social skillssocial skills, conversation, sharing, helping, listening
- mockerymockery, ridiculing, jeers, jeering, jibes
- talkchat, chatter, chitchat, gab, jabber
- talkingtalking, chatting, conversing, gabbing, jabbering
quippingsolemnizing
Formalizing with ceremony
sermonizing · pontificating · moralizing · lecturing · declaiming
quippingexpounding
Explaining at length
elaborating · discoursing · dissertating · rambling · droning
quippinglamenting
Expressing passionate grief
grieving · weeping · mourning · pouring out one's heart · baring one's soul