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| re·tort [ ri táwrt ] |
transitive verb (past and past participle re·tort·ed, present participle re·tort·ing, 3rd person present singular re·torts) |
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1. respond sharply: to say something sharp, angry, witty, or insulting in quick response to something somebody else has said
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2. argue something in reply: to put forward something as an argument in reply to somebody else's argument
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noun (plural re·torts) |
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sharp answer: something sharp, angry, witty, or insulting said quickly in response to something somebody else has said
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| [15th century. < Latin retort-, past participle of retorquere "twist again, twist back" < torquere "twist"] |
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 re·tort·er noun |
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