verb, noun
verb to reply quickly to a comment, in an angry, offended or humorous way:
[Vspeech] 'Don't be ridiculous!' Pat retorted angrily. * [Vthat] Sam retorted that it was my fault as much as his.
Part of speech: noun
1 a quick, angry or humorous reply:
She bit back (= stopped herself from making) a sharp retort.
2 a closed bottle with a long narrow bent SPOUT that is used in a LABORATORY for heating chemicals
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for retort is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is retort a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, retort is tagged as noun.
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