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

Parry Definition

Parry (par′ē)

Parry, Sir William Edward 1790-1855; Eng. naval officer & arctic explorer

parry Synonyms

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

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

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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