n. [ Cf. W. chwip a quick flirt or turn, chwipio to whip, to move briskly, and E. whip. Cf. Quib, Quibble. ]
Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
He was full of joke and jest,
But all his merry quips are o'er. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
The more he laughs, and does her closely quip. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To scoff; to use taunts. Sir H. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Same as Quipu. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A person who frequently makes quips. [ PJC ]
‖n.;
The mysterious science of the quipus . . . supplied the Peruvians with the means of communicating their ideas to one another, and of transmitting them to future generations. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]