Obs. rare. [f. prec. sb.] trans. and intr. To taunt, gibe (at), QUIP.

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1592.  Kyd, Murther. I. Brewen, Wks. (1901), 291. When he quibd her with vnkindnes … she asked him if he would haue her forsworne.

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1608.  Hieron, Defence, II. 223. He goeth on & saith … thus quibbing at the Ministers.

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