- PARRY Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
To parry is to ward off a weapon or blow; indeed, parrying is as important to fencing as sticking one’s opponent with the pointy end The word parry was borrowed from the French verb parer, meaning “to ward off” or “to avert,” and was first used in English in the late 17th century
- PARRY Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
Parry definition: to ward off (a thrust, stroke, weapon, etc ), as in fencing; avert See examples of PARRY used in a sentence
- PARRY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
If you parry a question or argument, you cleverly avoid answering it or dealing with it In an awkward press conference, Mr King parried questions on the allegations [VERB noun]
- Parry (fencing) - Wikipedia
To execute a parry, fencers strike the opponent's foible, or the area near the tip of the blade, with their forte, or the part of the blade near the bell guard (or handle) of the weapon
- PARRY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
PARRY definition: 1 to defend yourself from a weapon or an attack by pushing the weapon away or by putting something… Learn more
- Parry - definition of parry by The Free Dictionary
1 to ward off (a sword thrust, blow, weapon, etc ) 2 to turn aside; dodge: to parry an embarrassing question
- parry, v. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
parry, v meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary
- parry - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
parry (third-person singular simple present parries, present participle parrying, simple past and past participle parried) To avoid, deflect, or ward off (an attack, a blow, an argument, etc )
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