Answer
Answer noun - Something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question.
How words are described
| best | best answer | best quip |
| better | better answer | better quip |
| usual | usual answer | usual quip |
| short | short answer | short quip |
| Other adjectives: ready, single, sarcastic, popular, intelligent, quick, possible, final, last, different, expected, previous. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Throw It In: invoked A few of Widge's comments make it into Shakespeare's play, such as his quip about an answer that can fit all questions "must be an answer of most monstrous size".
- Occasionally, a contestant on QI will quip a completely bizarre answer to a question for laughs... only to be awarded points.
Source: The Cuckoolander Was Right -
She gives a touching answer about their long marriage, capping it with "And whatever I did to deserve him, I'll live with." Frank laughs at the quip and acknowledges that he likes that Marie added some humor.
Source: Actually Pretty Funny
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