What does ripost mean?
Ripost means (fencing) A thrust given in return after parrying a lunge..
Ripost
Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Meaning
(fencing) A thrust given in return after parrying a lunge..
Definitions by Sense
- (fencing) A thrust given in return after parrying a lunge.
- A quick and usually witty response to a taunt.
- An answer or reply, rapidly uttered, in response to a question or problem.
Example Sentences
The French government was always apprehensive to the German Government’s ripost to an air offensive.
Written as a ripost to Samuel Constant’s short story Le Mari sentimental, in which the husband is driven to despair and ultimately suicide by his carping wife, Mistress Henly begins with an account of the wife’s reading of the Constant story and how as a reader she links the text of imagination to the realities of her own life.
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Word Forms
- riposts
- riposte
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The French government was always apprehensive to the German Government’s ripost to an air offensive.
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