RIPOSTE
Dictionary entry overview: What does riposte mean?
• RIPOSTE (noun)
The noun RIPOSTE has 2 senses:
1. a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
2. (fencing) a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying the opponents lunge
Familiarity information: RIPOSTE used as a noun is rare.
• RIPOSTE (verb)
The verb RIPOSTE has 2 senses:
1. make a return thrust
2. answer back
Familiarity information: RIPOSTE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• RIPOSTE (noun)
Meaning:
A quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
riposte; retort; rejoinder; comeback; replication; counter; return
Context example:
it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher
Hypernyms ("riposte" is a kind of...):
reply; response (the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "riposte"):
back talk; backtalk; lip; mouth; sass; sassing (an impudent or insolent rejoinder)
Meaning:
(fencing) a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying the opponents lunge
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("riposte" is a kind of...):
counterattack; countermove (an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc.)
Domain category:
fencing (the art or sport of fighting with swords (especially the use of foils or epees or sabres to score points under a set of rules))
• RIPOSTE (verb)
Meaning:
Make a return thrust
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
his opponent riposted
Hypernyms (to "riposte" is one way to...):
hurl; hurtle; lunge; thrust (make a thrusting forward movement)
Domain category:
fencing (the art or sport of fighting with swords (especially the use of foils or epees or sabres to score points under a set of rules))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Answer back
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
retort; riposte; rejoin; repay; come back; return
Hypernyms (to "riposte" is one way to...):
answer; reply; respond (reply or respond to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
