RIPOSTE
- a fencers quick return thrust following a parry.
- a fencer's quick return thrust following a parry
- retaliatory verbal sally retort
- retaliatory maneuver or measure
- to make a return thrust in fencing [v RIPOSTED, RIPOSTES, RIPOSTING]
- quick, sharp reply or reaction
- to make a return thrust in fencing, also RIPOST [v RIPOSTED, RIPOSTING, RIPOSTES]
- is a clever retort or retaliatory measure.