riposte
ri pohst
- n a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- n (fencing) a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying the opponents lunge
- v make a return thrust
his opponent riposted - v answer back
- But they're also a kind of riposte to the smirkiness and high-class problems of TV's upscale hits.
- Yet Cambodia's neighbors, with the exception of South Viet Nam, have so far failed to offer a convincing riposte to a Communist challenge that has been intensifying since Prince .
- As a vehicle choice, the H2 was a spiteful reactionary riposte to notions that, you know, maybe we all shouldn't be driving tanks that get 10 miles per gallon.