n.

1. Sports. A quick thrust given after parrying an opponent's lunge in fencing.
2. A retaliatory action, maneuver, or retort.

intr.v., -post·ed, -post·ing, -postes.

1. To make a return thrust.
2. To retort quickly.

[French, alteration of obsolete risposte, from Italian risposta, answer, from feminine past participle of rispondere, to answer, from Latin respondēre. See respond.]

noun

A spirited, incisive reply: comeback, repartee, retort. See ask/answer.

verb

To speak or act in response, as to a question: answer, rejoin, reply, respond, retort, return. See ask/answer.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
  Synonyms: rejoinder, retort, return, replication, comeback, counter

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The verb riposte has one meaning:

Meaning #1: answer back
  Synonyms: retort, come back, repay, return, rejoin

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - ripost
v. intr. - ripostere

Nederlands (Dutch)
van repliek dienen, weerwoord

Français (French)
n. - riposte (littér), riposte (en escrime)
v. intr. - contre-attaquer, riposter

Deutsch (German)
n. - Entgegnung, Riposte
v. - rasch antworten, ripostieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - έξυπνη/πληρωμένη ανταπάντηση
v. - απαντώ, αντικρούω

Italiano (Italian)
replicare, replica, contrattacco

Português (Portuguese)
n. - réplica ao ataque (f)
v. - replicar, ripostar (esgr.)

Русский (Russian)
парировать, остроумный ответ, ответный выпад

Español (Spanish)
n. - réplica pronta y aguda, estocada de contragolpe
v. intr. - replicar, parar atacando

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - ripostering
v. - ripostera

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
反应灵敏的回答, 挡后还击, 迅速还刺, 灵巧回答, 即刻答应

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 反應靈敏的回答, 擋後還擊
v. intr. - 迅速還刺, 靈巧回答, 即刻答應

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 되찌르기, 재치 있는 즉답, 맞받아 대꾸함
v. intr. - 되찌르다, 재치 있게 말대꾸하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 突き返し, 当意即妙の答え, 反撃, 反論
v. - 突き返す, しっぺい返しをする, しっぺ返しをする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) طعنه خاطفه (فعل) يوجه طعنه خاطفه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תשובה שנונה, מכת-סיף חוזרת‬
v. intr. - ‮ענה, החזיר‬

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