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parry is a noun and verb meaning "(fencing) blocking a lunge or deflecting it with a circular motion of the sword". It carries 4 recorded senses.
(fencing) blocking a lunge or deflecting it with a circular motion of the sword
fencing
a return punch (especially by a boxer)
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
“He dodged the issue”
“she skirted the problem”
“They tend to evade their responsibilities”
“he evaded the questions skillfully”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for parry come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.