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Ripost

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A thrust given in return after parrying a lunge.
  2. 2
    A quick and usually witty response to a taunt.
  3. 3
    An answer or reply, rapidly uttered, in response to a question or problem.

    "The French government was always apprehensive to the German Government’s ripost to an air offensive."

Etymology

From French riposte, taken from Italian risposta, a derivative of the verb rispondere (“to respond”).

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