Parry
verb
To successfully avoid or deflect an attack, criticism or question.
The politician skillfully parried the reporter's difficult question.
Often appears as...
- parry a punch
- parry an attack
noun
A defensive or evasive action, especially in fencing or in answering difficult questions.
The fencer's artful parry saved him from being touched by his opponent.
Often appears as...
- a successful parry
- an evasive parry
verb
To successfully avoid or deflect an attack, criticism or question.
The politician skillfully parried the reporter's difficult question.
Often appears as...
- parry a punch
- parry an attack
noun
A defensive or evasive action, especially in fencing or in answering difficult questions.
The fencer's artful parry saved him from being touched by his opponent.
Often appears as...
- a successful parry
- an evasive parry
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Not Just Physical
Can be used for non-physical actions, like avoiding a topic in conversation.
She managed to parry every personal question with a joke.
Pro Tip 2/3Strategy Implication
Implies a clever or skillful move, often suggesting quick thinking.
He parried the criticism with a well-thought-out response.
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Solution
Indicates a temporary avoidance rather than a permanent solution.
Parrying questions about his plans, he bought some time to think.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Just Physical
Can be used for non-physical actions, like avoiding a topic in conversation.
She managed to parry every personal question with a joke.
Pro Tip 2/3Strategy Implication
Implies a clever or skillful move, often suggesting quick thinking.
He parried the criticism with a well-thought-out response.
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Solution
Indicates a temporary avoidance rather than a permanent solution.
Parrying questions about his plans, he bought some time to think.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Just Physical
Can be used for non-physical actions, like avoiding a topic in conversation.
She managed to parry every personal question with a joke.
Pro Tip 2/3Strategy Implication
Implies a clever or skillful move, often suggesting quick thinking.
He parried the criticism with a well-thought-out response.
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Solution
Indicates a temporary avoidance rather than a permanent solution.
Parrying questions about his plans, he bought some time to think.
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Video examples
Chinaka Hodge: What will...
They did. In the same year, we were ready. The year we lost our inhibition and moved with courageous abandon was also the year we stared down barrels, sang of cranes in skies, ducked and parried, caught gold in hijab, collected death threats, knew ourselves as patriots,
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Wade Davis: Into the...
mountain hovering over the universe and this was Everest and so even as the British are beginning this sort of mission towards Everest it is never separate from Imperial thrust and parry within a month of the
Video examples
Chinaka Hodge: What will...
They did. In the same year, we were ready. The year we lost our inhibition and moved with courageous abandon was also the year we stared down barrels, sang of cranes in skies, ducked and parried, caught gold in hijab, collected death threats, knew ourselves as patriots,
Video examples
Wade Davis: Into the...
mountain hovering over the universe and this was Everest and so even as the British are beginning this sort of mission towards Everest it is never separate from Imperial thrust and parry within a month of the
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Monica Crowley
American Journalist
The point of a presidential campaign is to put the candidate through the ringer: to force him to get banged up by his opponents and the press, and to have to answer the difficult and uncomfortable questions, be investigated, and learn the thrust and parry of political swordplay.
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
American Writer
With care, and skill, and cunning art, She parried Time's malicious dart, And kept the years at bay, Till passion entered in her heart and aged her in a day!
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John Fleming
American Politician
For nearly a century, Republican-controlled Houses held the line on tax rates, a Republican coup de pointe to Democratic tax-increase parries.
Quote examples
Monica Crowley
American Journalist
The point of a presidential campaign is to put the candidate through the ringer: to force him to get banged up by his opponents and the press, and to have to answer the difficult and uncomfortable questions, be investigated, and learn the thrust and parry of political swordplay.
Quote examples
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
American Writer
With care, and skill, and cunning art, She parried Time's malicious dart, And kept the years at bay, Till passion entered in her heart and aged her in a day!
Quote examples
John Fleming
American Politician
For nearly a century, Republican-controlled Houses held the line on tax rates, a Republican coup de pointe to Democratic tax-increase parries.
Example 1 of 3
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