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Meanings of riposte in English

Portuguese
resposta
Spanish
réplica

A quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)

resposta
Spanish
replicar

Answer back.

replicar
Usage of riposte in English
1
Yet that was their high point, a brief riposte amid incessant pressure.
The Guardian
2
The prime minister's obvious riposte would be to call a second election.
Reuters
3
His comments were seen as a riposte to the current US administration.
BBC
4
In a sense, Robertson says, this novel is a riposte to that.
The Guardian
5
I'd be ever so grateful? A few rough chuckles acknowledged Hudson's riposte.
The Complete Alien Omnibus
6
The arrest of Guzman offers a strong riposte to the president's critics.
Reuters
7
I grinned easily and started to riposte, but the pay phone rang.
White night
8
It was the perfect riposte to the Stoke supporters who booed him.
The Guardian
9
He pressed with a riposte, but Levictus parried and leapt at him.
Shadow's son
10
Before he could riposte the Sultan side-kicked him in the flat belly.
Provenance
11
Came Ross's riposte two years later, via devastating Wolcott Gibbs Profile of Luce.
The new yorker
12
Burlingame was stung by the laughter in the court and ventured a riposte.
You Never Know Your Luck; being the story of a matrimonial deser...
13
All too often an aggressive secularism has pushed religion into a violent riposte.
The Guardian
14
Or maybe Pinckney was working on his idea of clever riposte.
Break No Bones
15
Owein thrust again, too quickly, opening his body for a riposte.
Celtic fire
16
Don't wait for a riposte from the Cyrano de Bergerac of hurling though.
The Irish Times
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Riposte through the time
Riposte across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common