parting shotnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈpɑː.tɪŋ ˌʃɒt/us/ˈpɑːr.t̬ɪŋ ˌʃɑːt/a remark that you make when you are leaving, so that it has a stronger effect:
"And the dress that you bought me doesn't fit either!" was her parting shot.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Remarks & remarking
- annotate
- aside
- backbite
- backbiting
- bon mot
- comment
- compliment
- externalize
- innuendo
- last word
- line
- mot juste
- observation
- one
- parenthesis
- platitude
- remark on sth
- riposte
- shaft
- the one about idiom
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