Dictionary Entry
parry
parry is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To ward off; to stop, or to turn aside; as, to parry a thrust, a blow, or anything that means or threatens harm. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 10 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To ward off; to stop, or to turn aside; as, to parry a thrust, a blow, or anything that means or threatens harm.
- 2transitive verb
To avoid; to shift or put off; to evade.
- 3intransitive verb
To ward off, evade, or turn aside something, as a blow, argument, etc.
- 4noun
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.
- 5noun
a return punch (especially by a boxer)
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- 6noun
(fencing) blocking a lunge or deflecting it with a circular motion of the sword
- 7verb
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
"He dodged the issue"
"she skirted the problem"
- 8verb
impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)
"block an attack"
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