Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - riposte
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n. & v. --n. 1 a quick sharp reply or retort. 2 a quick return thrust in fencing. --v.intr. deliver a riposte. Etymology: F ri(s)poste, ri(s)poster f. It. risposta RESPONSE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
1. ответный укол или удар (фехтование) direct riposte —- ответ с прямым уколом feint riposte —- ответ с обманом 2. находчивый ответ 3. ответная мера; удар на удар ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun ответный удар, укол (в фехтовании); fig. находчивый ответ Syn: see answer 2. v. парировать удар, укол (в фехтовании) also fig. ...Англо-русский словарь
4.
(ripostes, riposting, riposted) 1. A riposte is a quick, clever reply to something that someone has said. (WRITTEN) Laura glanced at Grace, expecting a cheeky riposte. N-COUNT 2. If you riposte, you make a quick, clever response to something someone has said. (WRITTEN) ‘It’s tough at the top,’ he said. ‘It’s tougher at the bottom,’ riposted the billionaire. VERB: V with quote 3. You can refer to an action as a riposte to something when it is a response to that thing. (JOURNALISM) The operation is being seen as a swift riposte to the killing of a senior army commander. N-COUNT: oft N to n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~1 n 1 formal a quick, clever, and amusing reply (a suitably witty riposte) 2 technical a quick return stroke with a sword in fencing (=the sport of fighting with swords) ~2 v 1 formal to reply quickly and cleverly 2 technical to make a riposte in fencing ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1707, originally a fencing term, from Fr. riposte, by dissimilation from risposte, from It. risposta "a reply," from rispondere "to respond," from L. respondere (see respond). Sense of "sharp retort" is first attested 1865. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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