| VERB | motion | riposte | make a return thrust |
|---|---|---|---|
| communication | riposte, retort, come back, repay, return, rejoin | answer back | |
| NOUN | communication | riposte, rejoinder, retort, return, replication, comeback, counter | a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one) |
| act | riposte | (fencing) a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying the opponents lunge |
| Sounds | rihpow'st | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | almost ... westernmost: 30 rhymes with owst... | |
| Meaning | A quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one). | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | rejoinder, retort, return, replication, comeback, counter | |
| Narrower | sass, sassing, backtalk, back talk, lip, mouth | An impudent / impudent or insolent rejoinder |
| Broader | reply, response | The speech act of continuing a conversational exchange |
| Spanish | réplica | |
| Verbs | riposte | answer back |
| Meaning | (fencing) a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying the opponents lunge. | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | fencing | The art or sport of fighting with swords (especially the use of foils or epees or sabres to score points under a set of rules) |
| Broader | counterattack, countermove | An attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc. |
| Meaning | Make a return thrust. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "his opponent riposted" | |
| Category | fencing | The art or sport of fighting with swords (especially the use of foils or epees or sabres to score points under a set of rules) |
| Broader | lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust | make a thrusting forward movement |
| Meaning | answer back. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Synonyms | retort, come back, repay, return, rejoin | |
| Broader | answer, reply, respond | React verbally |
| Spanish | replicar | |
| Catalan | replicar | |
| Nouns | riposte | a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one) |
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