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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.
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, 1902–35, U.S. classical scholar and philologist.
- William Edward, 1790–1855, English Arctic explorer.
Parry
1/ ˈpærɪ /
noun
- ParrySir (Charles) Hubert18481918MEnglishMUSIC: composer Sir ( Charles ) Hubert ( Hastings ). 1848–1918, English composer, noted esp for his choral works
- ParrySir William Edward17901855MEnglishTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: explorer Sir William Edward. 1790–1855, English arctic explorer, who searched for the Northwest Passage (1819–25) and attempted to reach the North Pole (1827)
parry
2/ ˈpærɪ /
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 Words From
- parri·a·ble adjective
- parri·er noun
- un·parried adjective
- un·parry·ing adjective
Word History and Origins
Word 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.
“Hear her grunt and groan as she works at it, parrying, thrusting,” Juvenal wrote.
Unlike commercial antibiotics, phages evolve alongside their bacterial hosts, dodging and parrying the bacterial response so that for every pathogen, there’s 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 Gascón’s barbs and focused most of his ad spending on public safety.
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