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Definition of Ripost
1. n. In fencing, a return thrust after a parry.
Definition of Ripost
1. Noun. (context: fencing) A thrust given in return after parrying a lunge. ¹
2. Noun. A quick and usually witty response to a taunt. ¹
3. Noun. An answer or reply, rapidly uttered, in response to a question or problem. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ripost
1. to riposte [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: riposte
Medical Definition of Ripost
1. 1. In fencing, a return thrust after a parry. 2. A quick and sharp refort; a repartee. Origin: F. Riposte. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ripost
Literary usage of Ripost
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cassell's Complete Book of Sports and Pastimes: Being a Compendium of Out by Cassell & Co, Cassell (London) (1896)
"Then, as you acquire precision, make the ripost more and more rapidly until that
and the preceding parry become almost one movement to the eye of a ..."
2. A French-English Military Technical Dictionary by Cornélis De Witt Willcox (1899)
"to wear, chafe, against: ta voir, (rr) to shift the track sidewise. rl|»»4le.
f., (frnc.) parry and thrust, ripost, return thrust; (man. ..."
3. Reference Guides that Should be Known and how to Use Them by Florence May Hopkins (1919)
"Find this same character after the last definition of ripost, noun, and name the
three languages through which ripost has come. ..."
4. Reference Guides that Should be Known and how to Use Them by Florence May Hopkins (1919)
"Find this same character after the last definition of ripost, noun, and name the
three languages through which ripost has come. ..."
5. A French-English Military Technical Dictionary: With a Supplement Containing by Cornélis De Witt Willcox (1917)
"parry and thrust, ripost. return thrust: (man.) start, jump (of a horse on feeling
the spur). (The following terms relate to fencing:) of a combination of ..."
6. A French-English Military Technical Dictionary: With a Supplement Containing by Cornélis De Witt Willcox (1917)
"(The following terms relate to fencing:) — composée, compound ripost (1. e., the
result of a combination of movements); contre , counter thrust (attack ..."
7. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1889)
"... so as to pass clear of his body, while his point is always kept towards the
front, ready to ripost (longe after parrying ) without an instant's delay. ..."
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