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parry
1[ par-ee ]
verb (used with object)
- to ward off (a thrust, stroke, weapon, etc.), as in fencing; avert.
- to turn aside; evade or dodge:
to parry an embarrassing question.
Synonyms: , , , ,
verb (used without object)
- to parry a thrust, blow, etc.
noun
- an act or instance of parrying, as in fencing.
- a defensive movement in fencing.
Parry
2[ par-ee ]
noun
- Milman, 1902鈥35, U.S. classical scholar and philologist.
- William Edward, 1790鈥1855, English Arctic explorer.
Parry
1/ 藞辫忙谤瑟 /
noun
- ParrySir (Charles) Hubert18481918MEnglishMUSIC: composer Sir ( Charles ) Hubert ( Hastings ). 1848鈥1918, English composer, noted esp for his choral works
- ParrySir William Edward17901855MEnglishTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: explorer Sir William Edward. 1790鈥1855, English arctic explorer, who searched for the Northwest Passage (1819鈥25) and attempted to reach the North Pole (1827)
parry
2/ 藞辫忙谤瑟 /
verb
- to ward off (an attack) by blocking or deflecting, as in fencing
- tr to evade (questions), esp adroitly
noun
- an act of parrying, esp (in fencing) using a stroke or circular motion of the blade
- a skilful evasion, as of a question
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 辫补谤顎价颈路补路产濒别 adjective
- 辫补谤顎价颈路别谤 noun
- 耻苍路辫补谤顎价颈别诲 adjective
- 耻苍路辫补谤顎价测路颈苍驳 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of parry1
Example Sentences
On 86, a pull at a Stokes bouncer was parried by Pope flying down the leg side.
Early on, Callas parried these inquisitions with humor.
鈥淗ear her grunt and groan as she works at it, parrying, thrusting,鈥 Juvenal wrote.
Unlike commercial antibiotics, phages evolve alongside their bacterial hosts, dodging and parrying the bacterial response so that for every pathogen, there鈥檚 likely a bacteriophage, somewhere, that eats it.
Hochman, who is running as an independent, has largely eschewed partisan politics in the race other than to parry Gasc贸n鈥檚 barbs and focused most of his ad spending on public safety.
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