transitive. To attack or goad with speech or language; esp. to say something apt or telling about (a person) by way of censure or provocation; to…

transitive. To make (a person, group, etc.) the object of a quip or quips; (also) to bring into a particular state by quipping. Now rare.

transitive. To taunt (a person), to make the object of a jibe or jibes. Also intransitive: to direct a jibe at a person. Cf. quip, v. 2a. Obsolete…

transitive. To attack (a person) by means of quirks (quirk, n.1 1b); to make quips at the expense of (a person). Also intransitive. Obsolete. rare.

figurative. To criticize, make fun of or ridicule (a person or thing): sometimes const. at.

U.S. regional (western). transitive. To overwork or mistreat (a person); (also) to attack verbally; to tease; to criticize sharply.