ripostenoun [ C ]
uk/rɪˈpɒst/us/rɪˈpoʊst/a quick and clever remark, often made in answer to a criticism:
She made a sharp/witty/neat riposte.
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Remarks & remarking
- annotate
- aside
- backbite
- backbiting
- bon mot
- comment
- compliment
- externalize
- innuendo
- last word
- line
- mot juste
- observation
- one
- parenthesis
- parting shot
- platitude
- remark on sth
- shaft
- the one about idiom
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Answering & responding
riposte
verb [ I or T ] ukus