as in joked
to make jokes
she rolled her eyes at her brother's bragging and quipped, "You're a legend in your own mind, all right"
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Recent Examples of quipped
Mandel quipped, drawing laughs.
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Sarah Sotoodeh , Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2026
One Ojos volunteer quipped that the agents worked banker’s hours.
—Daniel Brook, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Painter quipped that Henderson could also play football for the Hurricanes.
—Jeff Latzke, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
In his monologue, O’Brien quipped about the MAGA movement’s choice to hold an alternate Super Bowl halftime show, after the NFL selected Bad Bunny for the big event.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 15 Mar. 2026
Cole previously quipped about the BAFTA situation at the NAACP Image Awards earlier this month, drawing backlash.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 13 Mar. 2026
Elsewhere, firebrand pro-Kremlin TV host Olga Skabeyeva quipped Tuesday about people in the neighboring NATO nation of Estonia having to walk because public transport was already running out of fuel.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 10 Mar. 2026
Fallon quipped that White must not be able to leave the house for fear of actors accosting him asking to be on the show.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2026
Probably an Outback, someone quipped.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2026
Sarah Sotoodeh , Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2026
One Ojos volunteer quipped that the agents worked banker’s hours.
—Daniel Brook, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Painter quipped that Henderson could also play football for the Hurricanes.
—Jeff Latzke, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
In his monologue, O’Brien quipped about the MAGA movement’s choice to hold an alternate Super Bowl halftime show, after the NFL selected Bad Bunny for the big event.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 15 Mar. 2026
Cole previously quipped about the BAFTA situation at the NAACP Image Awards earlier this month, drawing backlash.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 13 Mar. 2026
Elsewhere, firebrand pro-Kremlin TV host Olga Skabeyeva quipped Tuesday about people in the neighboring NATO nation of Estonia having to walk because public transport was already running out of fuel.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 10 Mar. 2026
Fallon quipped that White must not be able to leave the house for fear of actors accosting him asking to be on the show.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2026
Probably an Outback, someone quipped.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quipped
joked
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Rock previously joked about being lonely in his 50s during an episode of Kevin Hart's Peacock series Hart to Heart, which aired in July 2022.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
3 Apr. 2026
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The site joked that Tom Hiddleston would play the franchise’s first Bond boy and Gillian Anderson would be the new M in the Amazon film directed by Denis Villeneuve and written by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight — the last two of whom are genuinely attached to the 26th Bond movie.—
Leigh Blickley,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Quipped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quipped. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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