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- Dictionaryretort/rɪˈtɔːt/
verb
- 1. say something in answer to a remark, typically in a sharp, angry, or witty manner: "‘No need to be rude,’ retorted Isabel"
- 2. repay (an insult or injury): archaic "it was now his time to retort the humiliation"
noun
- 1. a sharp, angry, or witty reply: "she opened her mouth to make a suitably cutting retort"
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The meaning of RETORT is to pay or hurl back : return. How to use retort in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Retort.
RETORT definition: 1. to answer someone quickly in an angry or funny way: 2. a quick answer that is angry or funny…. Learn more.
1. To make a reply, especially a quick, caustic, or witty one. 2. To present a counterargument. 3. Archaic To return like for like; retaliate. n. 1. A quick incisive reply, especially one that turns the first speaker's words to his or her own disadvantage. 2. The act or an instance of retorting.
A retort is a short, clever response to someone's comment or question. If you want to keep the peace during dinner, you should probably bite your tongue instead of making sarcastic retorts to everything your little sister says.
retort in British English. (rɪˈtɔːt ) verb. 1. (when tr, takes a clause as object) to utter (something) quickly, sharply, wittily, or angrily, in response. 2. to use (an argument) against its originator; turn the tables by saying (something) noun. 3.
noun. a glass vessel with a round bulb and long tapering neck that is bent down, used esp in a laboratory for distillation. a vessel in which large quantities of material may be heated, esp one used for heating ores in the production of metals or heating coal to produce gas.
RETORT meaning: to answer someone quickly in an angry or funny way: . Learn more.
retort meaning, definition, what is retort: to reply quickly, in an angry or humorou...: Learn more.
To answer (an argument, etc.) in kind. To say in reply or response. To return in kind; pay back. A quick, sharp, or witty reply, esp. one that turns the words of the previous speaker back upon that speaker. The act or practice of making such a reply.
Check pronunciation: retort. Definition of retort verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
