riposte

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A thrust given in return after parrying an attack.
2. isim A counter-attack in any combat or any sport.

   “Some context is required. Moldova were weak at the back and blunt up front, and have failed to score in six matches stretching back to last October, with only hints at English complacency offering them glimpses of summoning a riposte.”

3. isim A quick and usually witty response to a taunt.

   “Watson’s letter was a riposte to the accusation made on Tuesday by Corbyn’s campaign that he was “peddling conspiracy theories” after he said in a Guardian interview that Labour was at risk from “Trotskyist entryists”.”

4. isim An answer or reply, rapidly uttered, in response to a question or problem.
5. fiil To attempt to hit an opponent after parrying an attack.
6. fiil To respond quickly; particularly if the response is humorous.

   “I left him and went to a tavern by the quays where the college bucks were drinking and singing hymns. There was Giles who invited old men back to his college apartments for games. Members of the rowing club riposted, for God's sake, man, clean up your life.”