parry
parry
Definition
parry (par′ē)
transitive verb -·ried, -·ry·ing
- to ward off or deflect (a blow, the thrust of a sword, etc.)
- to counter or ward off (criticism, a prying question, etc.) by a clever or evasive response
Etymology: prob. < Fr parez, imper. of parer < It parare, to ward off < L parare, to prepare
intransitive verb
to make a parry or evasion
noun pl. -·ries
- a warding off or a turning aside of a blow, thrust, etc., as in fencing
- an evasion; evasive reply
Parry
Definition
Parry (par′ē)
Parry, Sir William Edward 1790-1855; Eng. naval officer & arctic explorer
parry
Synonyms
parry
v.
parry
Usage Examples
Object
- thrust: He spun round - just managed to parry a vicious upward thrust aimed at his heart.
- blow: The target may still parry blows aimed specifically at them.
- shot: Medley had to parry a long shot with a striker right in front of him.
- ball: Chris parried the ball to Tom Kent who duly smacked the ball down the wing to Aidan Gregory to set up a counter attack.
- effort: But those good intentions were soon foiled when goalkeeper Gower parried an effort from Williams.
- attack: He could no longer parry the fierce attacks of the latter by simple avoidance.
Converse of object
- make: Svensson had already come close to scoring, but was denied by the Addicks goalkeeper, who made an impressive one-handed parry.
Preposition: into
- air: His shot was parried into the air and there was Hill for an easy header.
Modifying Another Word
- away: He looked certain to score but his angled effort was too close to Grant who again got down well to parry away.
- only: He was unlucky tho, and only parried the ball back into the path of Gary Marshall who bundled in the rebound.
- well: Finding himself in space, the striker fired a powerful low shot goalwards, which Camp parried well.
- straight: Booth hooked a shot which Beeney parried straight to Newsome who scored from 5 yards - he was Lucas ' man.
- brilliantly: Two minutes later Hahnemann was even more alert as he a brilliantly parried a point-blank Darren Huckerby shot after Harewood had played him clear.
- superbly: But Marriott was equal to Barker's spot kick and threw himself to his left to parry superbly.
Followed by an intransitive particle
- away: David Dunn replied for Ayr but Sean Murdoch parried away his effort.
Followed by a transitive particle
- away: He first produced a flying save to parry away a powerful Mahon left foot drive across goal.
Preposition: with
- weapon: The target is unable to defend themselves except to parry with a weapon.
Preposition: by
- keeper: Townley passed the ball to Platt on the edge of the box and his shot on goal was parried by the keeper.
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- Parson, Jeffrey Lee Case
