Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun In fencing, a return thrust after a parry.
- noun A quick and sharp refort; a repartee.
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- noun fencing A
thrust given in return after parrying alunge . - noun A quick and usually witty response to a taunt.
- noun An answer or reply, rapidly uttered, in response to a question or problem.
Etymologies
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Examples
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We must find the appropriate ripost to what will seem like a challenge not only to the West, but to the world.
Bernard-Henri Lévy: SOS Sakineh Bernard-Henri Lévy 2010
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We must find the appropriate ripost to what will seem like a challenge not only to the West, but to the world.
Bernard-Henri Lévy: SOS Sakineh Bernard-Henri Lévy 2010
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We must find the appropriate ripost to what will seem like a challenge not only to the West, but to the world.
Bernard-Henri Lévy: SOS Sakineh Bernard-Henri Lévy 2010
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Frank was also known as "the velvet needle," the master of the subtle put-down and damn-with-faint-praise ripost.
Archive 2006-05-01 Steve Hulett 2006
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Mandras could not have known that this was because 'This is my sector' was the standard ripost of his mentor when confronted with his double-dealings, his dishonesty, and his barbarity.
Captain Corelli's Mandolin De Bernieres, Louis 2003
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But from the gloom came a little laugh to answer him, and his angry lunge was foiled by an enveloping movement that ended in a ripost.
The Snare Rafael Sabatini 1912
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The _citoyen_ Blaise, though a far less well-read man, replied without hesitation with Richemond's ripost:
Dieux ont soif. English Anatole France 1884
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This was designed as a triumphant ripost to the Feast of Reason, which Chaumette and his friends had celebrated in the winter.
Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) Essay 1: Robespierre John Morley 1880
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But Lancers are usually no match against other cavalry, who can parry and ripost before the lance can resume the guard.
A Treatise on the Tactical Use of the Three Arms: Infantry, Artillery, and Cavalry 1857
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Can you guys do a ripost to this rundown of the content?
RealClimate 2009
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