What is another word for parry?
1314 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ pˈaɹi], [ pˈaɹi], [ p_ˈa_ɹ_i]
Parry is a verb that means to avoid or deflect a blow, attack, or question. There are various synonyms to this word that can be used in different situations to convey similar meanings. Some of these synonyms include evade, counter, ward off, deflect, repel, resist, fend off, intercept, block, and dodge. Each of these words has a unique connotation and can be used depending on the context. For example, evade implies avoiding an attack completely, whereas deflect involves turning aside or changing the direction of an attack. Overall, these synonyms provide a range of options for expressing the act of defending oneself against an attack or avoiding confrontation.
Synonyms for Parry:
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n.
• act • avoidance- absention ,
- elusions ,
- escapism ,
- eschewal ,
- forbearance ,
- nonparticipation ,
- restraint ,
- runaround ,
- steering clear of .
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v.
• answer- Re-turn ,
- am touch ,
- answering back ,
- answers back ,
- are in touch ,
- are touch ,
- art in touch ,
- art touch ,
- back talked ,
- back talking ,
- back you ,
- backed at you ,
- backed you ,
- backing at you ,
- backing you ,
- backs at you ,
- backs you ,
- be touch ,
- being in touch ,
- being touch ,
- comebacked ,
- comebacking ,
- counter claim ,
- counter claimed ,
- counter claiming ,
- counter claims ,
- counter-claimed ,
- counter-claiming ,
- counter-claims ,
- de fend ,
- de fended ,
- de fending ,
- de fends ,
- de-fend ,
- de-fended ,
- de-fending ,
- de-fends ,
- dis prove ,
- dis proved ,
- dis proves ,
- dis proving ,
- dis-prove ,
- dis-proved ,
- dis-proves ,
- dis-proving ,
- ex plain ,
- ex plained ,
- ex plaining ,
- ex plains ,
- ex-plain ,
- ex-plained ,
- ex-plaining ,
- ex-plains ,
- feedbacked ,
- feedbacking ,
- field question ,
- fielded question ,
- fielded the question ,
- fielding question ,
- fielding the question ,
- fields question ,
- fields the question ,
- gat back to ,
- gave a snappy comeback ,
- gave snappy comeback ,
- gets back to ,
- getting back to ,
- give snappy comeback ,
- gives a snappy comeback ,
- gives snappy comeback ,
- giving a snappy comeback ,
- giving snappy comeback ,
- got back to ,
- gotten back to ,
- is in touch ,
- is touch ,
- re butted ,
- re butting ,
- re join ,
- re joined ,
- re joining ,
- re joins ,
- re mark ,
- re marked ,
- re marking ,
- re marks ,
- re solve ,
- re solves ,
- re solving ,
- re tort ,
- re torts ,
- re turn ,
- re turning ,
- re turns ,
- re-butted ,
- re-butting ,
- re-join ,
- re-joined ,
- re-joining ,
- re-joins ,
- re-marked ,
- re-marking ,
- re-marks ,
- re-solve ,
- re-solved ,
- re-solves ,
- re-solving ,
- re-tort ,
- re-torts ,
- re-turned ,
- re-turning ,
- re-turns ,
- shooting back ,
- shoots back ,
- shot back ,
- talked back ,
- talks back ,
- was in touch ,
- was touch ,
- wast in touch ,
- wast touch ,
- were in touch ,
- were touch ,
- wert in touch ,
- wert touch .
- blew sky high ,
- blowing sky high ,
- blows sky high ,
- bring naught ,
- bringing naught ,
- bringing to naught ,
- brings naught ,
- brings to naught ,
- brought naught ,
- brought to naught ,
- dis may ,
- dis mayed ,
- dis maying ,
- dis mays ,
- dis-may ,
- dis-mayed ,
- dis-maying ,
- dis-mays ,
- ex pose ,
- ex posed ,
- ex-pose ,
- ex-posed ,
- ex-posing ,
- in validate ,
- in validated ,
- in validates ,
- in validating ,
- in-validate ,
- in-validated ,
- in-validates ,
- in-validating ,
- knocksed props out from under ,
- knockses props out from under ,
- knocksing props out from under ,
- over came ,
- over come ,
- over comes ,
- over coming ,
- over threw ,
- over throw ,
- over throwing ,
- over thrown ,
- over throws ,
- over turned ,
- over turning ,
- over turns ,
- over whelm ,
- over whelmed ,
- over whelming ,
- over whelms ,
- over-came ,
- over-come ,
- over-comes ,
- over-coming ,
- over-threw ,
- over-throw ,
- over-throwing ,
- over-thrown ,
- over-throws ,
- over-turn ,
- over-turned ,
- over-turning ,
- over-turns ,
- over-whelm ,
- over-whelmed ,
- over-whelming ,
- over-whelms ,
- proved false ,
- proves false ,
- proves wrong ,
- proving false ,
- proving wrong ,
- sets aside ,
- up sets ,
- up setting ,
- up-set ,
- up-sets ,
- up-setting .
- Counter-work ,
- backtalked ,
- backtalking ,
- counter act ,
- counter acted ,
- counter acting ,
- counter acts ,
- counter work ,
- counter worked ,
- counter working ,
- counter works ,
- counter-act ,
- counter-acted ,
- counter-acting ,
- counter-acts ,
- counter-worked ,
- counter-working ,
- counter-works ,
- counterworked ,
- counterworks ,
- dis appoint ,
- dis appointed ,
- dis appointing ,
- dis appoints ,
- dis-appoint ,
- dis-appointed ,
- dis-appointing ,
- dis-appoints ,
- flew face of ,
- flew in face of ,
- flew in the face of ,
- flew the face of ,
- flies face of ,
- flies in face of ,
- flies in the face of ,
- flies the face of ,
- fly face of ,
- fly the face of ,
- flying face of ,
- flying in face of ,
- flying in the face of ,
- flying the face of ,
- had bone pick ,
- had bone to pick ,
- haddest bone pick ,
- haddest bone to pick ,
- hadst bone pick ,
- hadst bone to pick ,
- has bone pick ,
- has bone to pick ,
- hast bone pick ,
- hast bone to pick ,
- hath bone pick ,
- hath bone to pick ,
- have bone pick ,
- having bone pick ,
- having bone to pick ,
- hits back ,
- hitting back ,
- playing off ,
- plays off ,
- thumbsed down ,
- thumbses down ,
- thumbsing down .
- be sting ,
- be-sting ,
- de feat ,
- de feats ,
- de-feat ,
- de-feats ,
- dis comfit ,
- dis comfits ,
- dis-comfit ,
- dis-comfits ,
- finishes off ,
- finishing off ,
- out flank ,
- out flanked ,
- out flanking ,
- out flanks ,
- out maneuvered ,
- out maneuvering ,
- out maneuvers ,
- out-flank ,
- out-flanked ,
- out-flanking ,
- out-flanks ,
- out-maneuver ,
- out-maneuvered ,
- out-maneuvering ,
- out-maneuvers ,
- over power ,
- over powered ,
- over powering ,
- over powers ,
- over run ,
- over running ,
- over runs ,
- over-power ,
- over-powered ,
- over-powering ,
- over-powers ,
- over-running ,
- prevailed over ,
- prevailing over ,
- prevails over ,
- re duce ,
- re duces ,
- re press ,
- re pressed ,
- re presses ,
- re pressing ,
- re pulse ,
- re pulsed ,
- re pulses ,
- re pulsing ,
- re-duce ,
- re-duces ,
- re-presses ,
- re-pressing ,
- re-pulse ,
- re-pulsed ,
- re-pulses ,
- re-pulsing ,
- rolled back ,
- rolling back ,
- rolls back ,
- sub due ,
- sub dues ,
- sub jugate ,
- sub-due ,
- sub-dues ,
- sub-jugate ,
- sur mount ,
- sur mounted ,
- sur mounting ,
- sur mounts ,
- sur-mount ,
- sur-mounted ,
- sur-mounting ,
- sur-mounts .
- dis perse ,
- dis-perse ,
- glanced off ,
- glances off ,
- glancing off ,
- holds off ,
- keeping off ,
- keeps off ,
- kept off ,
- volte faced ,
- volte facing ,
- volte-faced ,
- volte-facing ,
- volteface ,
- voltefaced ,
- voltefaces ,
- voltefacing .
- Short-circuited ,
- circumlocuted ,
- circumlocutes ,
- circumlocuting ,
- gat around ,
- gat out of ,
- gave slip ,
- gave the slip ,
- gets around ,
- gets out of ,
- getting out of ,
- give slip ,
- gives slip ,
- gives the slip ,
- giving slip ,
- giving the slip ,
- got around ,
- gotten around ,
- gotten out of ,
- juked ,
- juking ,
- move side ,
- move the side ,
- moved side ,
- moved the side ,
- moved to side ,
- moved to the side ,
- moves side ,
- moves the side ,
- moves to side ,
- moves to the side ,
- moving side ,
- moving the side ,
- moving to side ,
- moving to the side ,
- put move on ,
- puts move on ,
- puts the move on ,
- putting move on ,
- putting the move on ,
- short circuited ,
- short circuiting ,
- short-circuits ,
- shortcircuit ,
- shortcircuited ,
- shortcircuiting ,
- shortcircuits ,
- skipped out on ,
- skipping out on ,
- skips out on ,
- tergiversed ,
- tergiverses ,
- tergiversing ,
- turns aside .
- beating around bush ,
- beats around bush ,
- beats around the bush ,
- beg question ,
- begged question ,
- begged the question ,
- begging question ,
- begs question ,
- begs the question ,
- blow hot cold ,
- cloud issue ,
- clouded issue ,
- clouded the issue ,
- clouding issue ,
- clouding the issue ,
- clouds issue ,
- clouds the issue ,
- cop plea ,
- double talked ,
- double talking ,
- double-talked ,
- double-talking ,
- doubletalk ,
- doubletalked ,
- doubletalking ,
- flip flop ,
- flip flopped ,
- flip flopping ,
- flip-flopped ,
- flipflopped ,
- flipflopping ,
- gave run around ,
- gives run around ,
- giving run around ,
- hem haw ,
- minces words ,
- mincing words ,
- pass buck ,
- ran around ,
- running around ,
- runs around ,
- sat fence ,
- sat on fence ,
- sat on the fence ,
- sat the fence ,
- sate fence ,
- sate on fence ,
- sate on the fence ,
- sate the fence ,
- sit fence ,
- sit the fence ,
- sits fence ,
- sits on fence ,
- sits on the fence ,
- sits the fence ,
- sitting fence ,
- sitting on fence ,
- sitting on the fence ,
- sitting the fence ,
- telling white lie ,
- tells white lie ,
- told white lie .
- by pass ,
- by passed ,
- by passes ,
- by passing ,
- de cline ,
- de clines ,
- de-cline ,
- de-clines ,
- gave runaround ,
- gave the runaround ,
- give runaround ,
- gives runaround ,
- gives the runaround ,
- giving runaround ,
- giving the runaround ,
- keeping distance ,
- keeps distance ,
- kept distance ,
- laying low ,
- lays low ,
- lead a merry chase ,
- lead merry chase ,
- lead on merry chase ,
- leading a merry chase ,
- leading merry chase ,
- leading on a merry chase ,
- leading on merry chase ,
- leads a merry chase ,
- leads merry chase ,
- leads on a merry chase ,
- leads on merry chase ,
- led a merry chase ,
- led merry chase ,
- led on a merry chase ,
- led on merry chase ,
- passes up ,
- passing up ,
- pre tend ,
- pre tending ,
- pre tends ,
- pre-tended ,
- pre-tending ,
- pre-tends ,
- slipped out ,
- slipping out ,
- slips out ,
- slipt out ,
- sneaked away ,
- sneaking away ,
- sneaks away ,
- snuck away ,
- steered clear of ,
- steers clear of .
- beating off ,
- beats off ,
- drave back ,
- drives back ,
- drove back ,
- fended off ,
- held at bay ,
- held bay ,
- hold bay ,
- holding at bay ,
- holding bay ,
- holds at bay ,
- holds bay ,
- keep a distance ,
- keep arm length ,
- keep arms length ,
- keep at arm length ,
- keep at arms length ,
- keep at distance ,
- keeping a distance ,
- keeping arm length ,
- keeping arm's length ,
- keeping arms length ,
- keeping at a distance ,
- keeping at arm length ,
- keeping at arm's length ,
- keeping at arms length ,
- keeping at distance ,
- keeps a distance ,
- keeps arm length ,
- keeps arm's length ,
- keeps arms length ,
- keeps at a distance ,
- keeps at arm length ,
- keeps at arm's length ,
- keeps at arms length ,
- keeps at distance ,
- kept a distance ,
- kept arm length ,
- kept arm's length ,
- kept arms length ,
- kept at a distance ,
- kept at arm length ,
- kept at arm's length ,
- kept at arms length ,
- kept at distance ,
- re buff ,
- re buffed ,
- re buffing ,
- re buffs ,
- re fuse ,
- re fused ,
- re fuses ,
- re fusing ,
- re-buffed ,
- re-buffing ,
- re-buffs ,
- re-fuse ,
- re-fused .
- argued against ,
- argues against ,
- burned down ,
- burning down ,
- burnt down ,
- canceling out ,
- cancels out ,
- de bate ,
- de bated ,
- de bates ,
- de bating ,
- de-bate ,
- de-bated ,
- de-bates ,
- de-bating ,
- dis claim ,
- dis claimed ,
- dis claiming ,
- dis claims ,
- dis confirm ,
- dis confirmed ,
- dis confirming ,
- dis confirms ,
- dis-claim ,
- dis-claimed ,
- dis-claiming ,
- dis-claims ,
- dis-confirm ,
- dis-confirmed ,
- dis-confirming ,
- dis-confirms ,
- disconfirms ,
- gave lie to ,
- gave the lie to ,
- gave thumbs down to ,
- gives lie to ,
- gives the lie to ,
- gives thumbs down to ,
- giving lie to ,
- giving the lie to ,
- giving thumbs down to ,
- replies to ,
- replying to ,
- shoot full holes ,
- shooting down ,
- shooting full holes ,
- shooting full of holes ,
- shoots down ,
- shoots full holes ,
- shoots full of holes ,
- shot full holes ,
- shot full of holes ,
- take stand against ,
- takes a stand against ,
- takes stand against ,
- taking a stand against ,
- taking stand against ,
- took a stand against ,
- took stand against .
- beating back ,
- beats back ,
- casting aside ,
- casts aside ,
- chases away ,
- chasing away ,
- dis missed ,
- dis missing ,
- dis owned ,
- dis owning ,
- dis-missed ,
- dis-missing ,
- dis-owned ,
- dis-owning ,
- drave away ,
- drave off ,
- drives away ,
- drives off ,
- driving away ,
- driving off ,
- drove away ,
- drove off ,
- duelled ,
- forced back ,
- forced off ,
- forces back ,
- forces off ,
- forcing back ,
- forcing off ,
- gave cold shoulder to ,
- gives cold shoulder to ,
- giving cold shoulder to ,
- keep bay ,
- keeping at bay ,
- keeping bay ,
- keeps at bay ,
- keeps bay ,
- kept bay ,
- pushed back ,
- pushes back ,
- pushing back ,
- put flight ,
- puts flight ,
- puts to flight ,
- putting flight ,
- putting to flight ,
- standing up against ,
- stands against ,
- stands up against ,
- stood against ,
- stood up against ,
- with stand ,
- with standing ,
- with stands ,
- with stood ,
- with-stand ,
- with-standing ,
- with-stands .
Other synonyms:
- circumlocution ,
- en passant ,
- fight off ,
- implicature ,
- insinuate ,
- mealy-mouthed ,
- periphrasis ,
- reticent ,
- stand up to ,
- telegraph ,
- uncommunicative ,
- unstated .
- keep .
- convey ,
- get at ,
- implication .
Other relevant words:
- Bulwarked ,
- Bulwarking ,
- Bummed ,
- Bumming ,
- By-pass ,
- Counterwork ,
- Dueling ,
- EVERTS ,
- Everted ,
- Juke ,
- Jukes ,
- Short circuit ,
- Short-circuiting ,
- Slank ,
- Snaked ,
- Snaking ,
- Vied ,
- answer ,
- argue against ,
- beat around bush ,
- beat back ,
- burn down ,
- burns down ,
- by-passed ,
- by-passes ,
- by-passing ,
- cancel out ,
- canceled out ,
- cancelled out ,
- cancelling out ,
- cast aside ,
- chase away ,
- chased away ,
- circumlocute ,
- confute ,
- counter ,
- counterworking ,
- darked ,
- darking ,
- defeat ,
- deflect ,
- disconfirm ,
- disconfirmed ,
- disconfirming ,
- drive away ,
- drive off ,
- duck ,
- duel ,
- dueled ,
- duelling ,
- equivocate ,
- evade ,
- evert ,
- everting ,
- feint ,
- feinted ,
- feinting ,
- fence ,
- fencing ,
- fend ,
- fend off ,
- fly in face of ,
- fly in the face of ,
- force back ,
- force off ,
- get around ,
- get out of ,
- getting around ,
- give cold shoulder to ,
- give the lie to ,
- give the runaround ,
- give the slip ,
- give thumbs down to ,
- goldbrick ,
- got out of ,
- have bone to pick ,
- hit back ,
- keep at bay ,
- keep distance ,
- kept at bay ,
- knock down ,
- knocked down ,
- knocking down ,
- knocks down ,
- laid low ,
- lay low ,
- lead on a merry chase ,
- lie down on job ,
- lurch ,
- lurching ,
- move to side ,
- move to the side ,
- offsetting ,
- out wit ,
- pass up ,
- passed up ,
- play off ,
- played off ,
- push back ,
- pussyfoot ,
- put the move on ,
- put to flight ,
- refute ,
- repel ,
- replied to ,
- reply to ,
- shake off ,
- shakes off ,
- shirk ,
- shoot down ,
- shoot full of holes ,
- short circuits ,
- short-circuit ,
- shot down ,
- shuffle off ,
- skip out on ,
- slinks ,
- slip out ,
- slough off ,
- sloughs off ,
- sneak away ,
- stand against ,
- stand up against ,
- standing against ,
- steer clear of ,
- take a stand against ,
- tergiverse ,
- turn aside ,
- turn away ,
- turned aside ,
- turned away ,
- turning aside ,
- turning away ,
- turns away ,
- ward off .
- Parried ,
- Re-mark ,
- Responding ,
- answer back ,
- answered back ,
- back at you ,
- be in touch ,
- counter-claim ,
- counterclaim ,
- counterclaimed ,
- counterclaiming ,
- counterclaims ,
- echoes ,
- field the question ,
- get back to ,
- give a snappy comeback ,
- remark ,
- returning ,
- shoot back ,
- talk back ,
- talking back .
- blow sky high ,
- bring to naught ,
- knocks props out from under ,
- over turn ,
- prove false ,
- prove wrong ,
- proved wrong ,
- set aside ,
- setting aside ,
- up set .
- Entrapped ,
- Repulsing ,
- Shipwrecking ,
- Torpedoes ,
- Trashed ,
- finish off ,
- finished off ,
- mow down ,
- mowed down ,
- mowing down ,
- mows down ,
- out maneuver ,
- over-run ,
- over-runs ,
- prevail over ,
- roll back ,
- scatters ,
- shipwreck ,
- shipwrecks ,
- torpedo ,
- torpedoed ,
- torpedoing .
- Sheered ,
- Sheering ,
- Shied ,
- Shying ,
- Slewed ,
- Slipped ,
- cover up ,
- covered up ,
- covering up ,
- covers up ,
- glance off ,
- keep off ,
- sheers ,
- shies ,
- slewing ,
- slipping ,
- volte-face ,
- volte-faces ,
- wheeled .
- beat around the bush ,
- beating around the bush ,
- beg the question ,
- begging the question ,
- cloud the issue ,
- fibbing ,
- flip-flopping ,
- flipflop ,
- give run around ,
- jive ,
- jived ,
- jives ,
- jiving ,
- lied ,
- mince words ,
- minced words ,
- quibble ,
- run around ,
- sit on fence ,
- sit on the fence ,
- tell white lie .
- beat off ,
- drive back ,
- driving back ,
- fending off ,
- hold at bay ,
- keep arm's length ,
- keep at a distance ,
- keep at arm's length .
- En Garde ,
- Forefend ,
- Forfend ,
- Propugn ,
- Redargue ,
- Shilly-shally ,
- about the bush ,
- adjourn ,
- answer conclusively ,
- anticipate ,
- argue down ,
- arm ,
- around the bush ,
- avert ,
- avoid ,
- avoidance ,
- back and fill ,
- baffle ,
- balk ,
- bar ,
- barricade ,
- beat ,
- beat about ,
- beat around ,
- beleaguer ,
- bench ,
- bend ,
- beset ,
- besiege ,
- bewilder ,
- bicker ,
- bilk ,
- blackguard ,
- blank out ,
- blench ,
- blink ,
- block ,
- block off ,
- block up ,
- blockade ,
- blow ,
- boggle ,
- border ,
- break ,
- buffet ,
- bypass ,
- canteen ,
- cavil ,
- check ,
- checkmate ,
- choke up ,
- choplogic ,
- circumvent ,
- clinch an argument ,
- clip wings ,
- close up ,
- closet ,
- comeback ,
- confound ,
- confuse ,
- consternate ,
- controvert ,
- converse ,
- cook ,
- cop out ,
- counterpunch ,
- countervail ,
- crush ,
- cuff ,
- cupboard ,
- daunt ,
- debar ,
- defer ,
- delay ,
- demolish ,
- depart ,
- destroy ,
- deviate ,
- dip ,
- disappoint ,
- discomfit ,
- disconcert ,
- discourage ,
- dishearten ,
- dismiss ,
- dispose of ,
- distract ,
- disturb ,
- diversion ,
- divert ,
- dog ,
- douse ,
- draw a blank ,
- draw back ,
- elude ,
- elusion ,
- embarrass ,
- encircle ,
- end up ,
- environ ,
- escape ,
- explode ,
- expose ,
- fake ,
- falsify ,
- faze ,
- fence off ,
- fight ,
- finish ,
- flinch ,
- floor ,
- flurry ,
- foil ,
- forestall ,
- forget ,
- fortify ,
- freeze ,
- frustrate ,
- fudge ,
- get out ,
- get rid of ,
- gird ,
- give place to ,
- halt ,
- hamper ,
- handle ,
- hang back ,
- hang out ,
- have ,
- head off ,
- hedge ,
- hedge in ,
- heel ,
- hem and haw ,
- hem in ,
- hinder ,
- hold back ,
- hold over ,
- hum and haw ,
- immobilise ,
- immobilize ,
- impede ,
- intercept ,
- interception ,
- intimate ,
- invalidate ,
- jam ,
- kibosh ,
- list ,
- lug ,
- make good ,
- manipulate ,
- manoeuvre ,
- misrepresent ,
- mystify ,
- negative ,
- nit-pick ,
- nitpick ,
- nonplus ,
- nullify ,
- numerator ,
- obliqueness ,
- obscure ,
- obstruct ,
- obturate ,
- obviate ,
- occlude ,
- offset ,
- outfox ,
- outsmart ,
- outwit ,
- overreach ,
- overthrow ,
- overwhelm ,
- palter ,
- pick nits ,
- postpone ,
- preclude ,
- prevaricate ,
- prevent ,
- prevention ,
- prorogue ,
- pull away ,
- pull back ,
- put back ,
- put over ,
- put right ,
- put-off ,
- qualify ,
- rebuff ,
- rebuke ,
- recede ,
- recoil ,
- reduce to silence ,
- reject ,
- rejoinder ,
- remit ,
- replication ,
- reply ,
- resist ,
- restaurant ,
- retire ,
- retort ,
- return ,
- ring ,
- riposte ,
- secure ,
- set back ,
- settle ,
- sheer off ,
- shelve ,
- shift ,
- shrink ,
- shrink back ,
- shuffle ,
- shun ,
- shut up ,
- shy ,
- shy away ,
- side-step ,
- sideboard ,
- sidestep ,
- silence ,
- skirt ,
- skirting ,
- smack ,
- split hairs ,
- squash ,
- squelch ,
- stave off ,
- step aside ,
- stonewall ,
- stop ,
- strike ,
- stuff ,
- stymie ,
- stymy ,
- subterfuge ,
- surround ,
- swerve ,
- switch off ,
- table ,
- tabulator ,
- take cover ,
- take down ,
- take off ,
- tergiversate ,
- thwart ,
- turn ,
- turn off ,
- undermine ,
- upset ,
- vacillate ,
- waffle ,
- wangle ,
- weasel ,
- withstand .
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How to use "Parry" in context?
Parry is an action that a fighter undertakes to avoid being hit by an opponent's attack. A common parry is a forward block with the arm and hand, which simultaneously deflects the opponent's weapon and diverts the force of the attack.
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- Synonyms:
- Slugs, wanders, dawdles, waddles.
