معنی کلمه :‌ sterve

To die, or cause to die; to perish. See Starve.

A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort; a gibe. Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles. Milton. He was full of joke and jest, But all his merry quips are o'er. Tennyson. To taunt; to treat with quips. The more he laughs, and does her closely quip. Spenser. To scoff; to use taunts. Sir H. Sidney.