retort

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1. retort - Noun

2. retort - Verb

Meaning

To bend or curve back; as, a retorted line.

To return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or incivility; as, to retort the charge of vanity.

To return an argument or a charge; to make a severe reply.

The return of, or reply to, an argument, charge, censure, incivility, taunt, or witticism; a quick and witty or severe response.

A vessel in which substances are subjected to distillation or decomposition by heat. It is made of different forms and materials for different uses, as a bulb of glass with a curved beak to enter a receiver for general chemical operations, or a cylinder or semicylinder of cast iron for the manufacture of gas in gas works.

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it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher Source: Internet

All very lovely, although many will retort that keeping the offices open with staff might have been preferable. Source: Internet

Anthony Fauci had a sharp retort for Sen. Rand Paul after the Kentucky Republican said Fauci is not the "end all" in knowledge about the coronavirus and that. Source: Internet

Brathwaite has a good retort though – a neat cover push, off the back foot, for a couple. Source: Internet

At the opposite extreme from methane lie the heavy tars that remain as the lowest fraction in a crude oil refining retort. Source: Internet

Being asked to open the case, the teachers would proclaim "I don't see any books in there – only an electric guitar", and Lloyd's retort was "That's the book I'm studying." Source: Internet

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