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Definition of parry:
- A warding off of a thrust or blow, as in sword and bayonet exercises or in boxing; hence, figuratively, a defensive movement in debate or other intellectual encounter.
- To avoid; to shift or put off; to evade.
- To ward off, evade, or turn aside something, as a blow, argument, etc.
- To ward off; to stop, or to turn aside; as, to parry a thrust, a blow, or anything that means or threatens harm.
Synonyms:
forget, defer, dishearten, shun, dip, stymy, block off, bend, table, douse, strike, distract, overreach, falsify, turn away, dodge, disconcert, duck, embarrass, beat, postpone, forfend, confuse, blank out, hold over, repulse, rejoinder, allow, sideboard, skirt, forefend, lug, halt, sidestep, ward off, elude, put over, wangle, avert, hinder, obviate, misrepresent, rebuff, close up, deflect, barricade, beat off, fend off, retort, put-off, buffet, prorogue, outwit, heel counter, return, ring, head off, cook, outfox, escape, border, immobilize, kibosh, blockade, turn off, hem in, comeback, bilk, impede, counterpunch, counter, freeze, resist, surround, evade, rebuke, fudge, stuff, replication, fake, hedge, tabulator, choke up, manipulate, besiege, block up, hedge in, shelve, environ, circumvent, bar, remit, set back, obturate, debar, keep off, block, flurry, riposte, stave off, jam, occlude, repel, stymie, avoid, obstruct, draw a blank, immobilise, beleaguer, outsmart, stop.
- counter-evidence (part of speech: noun)
- disprove (part of speech: verb)
Usage examples:
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I lunged out at him, and instead of attempting to parry he replied in quart.
- "The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons", Jacques Casanova de Seingalt. -
It was only a clean, quick blow, but there was no check nor parry to mar its full effectiveness.
- "A Man and a Woman", Stanley Waterloo. -
She asked it partly to know, as neither man nor key appeared in the photograph, and partly to parry the " historic allusion"- a disturbing sort of fire for which Mrs. Morris was rather noted and which made some of her most loyal townsfolk a bit shy of her.
- "Humorous Ghost Stories", Dorothy Scarborough.