English-Thai Dictionary

parry

N การ ป้องปัด  การ หลบหลีก  kan-pong-pad

 

parry

VI ปัด ป้อง  หลบ  หลีก  หลบเลี่ยง  evade sidestep pad-pong

 

parry

VT ปัด ป้อง  หลบ  หลีก  evade sidestep pad-pong

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PARRY

v.t. 1. In fencing, to ward off; to stop or to put or turn by; as, to parry a thrust.
2. To ward off; to turn aside; to prevent a blow from taking effect.
3. To avoid; to shift off.
The French government has parried the payment of our claims.

 

PARRY

v.i.To ward off; to put by thrusts or strokes; to fence.

 

PARRYING

ppr. Warding off, as a thrust or blow.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PARRY

Par "ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Parried; p. pr. & vb. n. Parrying. ] Etym: [F. paré, p. p. of parer. See Pare, v. t.]

 

1. To ward off; to stop, or to turn aside; as, to parry a thrust, a blow, or anything that means or threatens harm. Locke. Vice parries wide The undreaded volley with a sword of straw. Cowper.

 

2. To avoid; to shift or put off; to evade. The French government has parried the payment of our claims. E. Everett.

 

PARRY

PARRY Par "ry, v. i.

 

Defn: To ward off, evade, or turn aside something, as a blow, argument, etc. Locke.

 

PARRY

Par "ry, n.; pl. Parries (.

 

Defn: A warding off of a thrust or blow, as in sword and bayonet exercises or in boxing; hence, figuratively, a defensive movement in debate or other intellectual encounter.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

parry

par ry |ˈparē ˈpɛri | ▶verb ( parries, parrying, parried ) [ with obj. ] ward off (a weapon or attack ), esp. with a countermove: he parried the blow by holding his sword vertically. • answer (a question or accusation ) evasively: he parried questions from reporters outside the building. ▶noun ( pl. parries ) an act of parrying: her question met with a polite parry. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: probably representing French parez! ‘ward off!, ’ imperative of parer, from Italian parare ‘ward off. ’

 

Parry, Sir Hubert

Parry |ˈpari | (1848 –1918 ), English composer; full name Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry. Parry's best-known work is his setting of William Blake's poem ‘Jerusalem ’ (1916 ), which has acquired the status of a national song.

 

Oxford Dictionary

parry

parry |ˈpari | ▶verb ( parries, parrying, parried ) [ with obj. ] ward off (a weapon or attack ) with a countermove: he parried the blow by holding his sword vertically. • answer (a question or accusation ) evasively: he parried questions from reporters outside the building. ▶noun ( pl. parries ) an act of parrying something. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: probably representing French parez! ‘ward off! ’, imperative of parer, from Italian parare ‘ward off ’.

 

Parry, Sir Hubert

Parry |ˈpari | (1848 –1918 ), English composer; full name Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry. Parry's best-known work is his setting of William Blake's poem ‘Jerusalem ’ (1916 ), which has acquired the status of a national song.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

parry

parry verb 1 Alfonso parried the blow: ward off, fend off; deflect, hold off, block, counter, repel, repulse. 2 I parried her constant questions: evade, sidestep, avoid, dodge, answer evasively, field, fend off.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

parry

parry verb 1 Sharpe parried the blow: ward off, fend off, stave off, turn aside; deflect, hold off, block, avert, counter, rebuff, repel, repulse, hold /keep at bay. 2 I parried her constant questions about my job-hunting activities: evade, sidestep, avoid, dodge, answer evasively, field, fend off, deflect, circumvent, steer clear of, fight shy of; informal duck.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

parry

par ry /pǽri /動詞 -ries ; -ried ; ～ing 他動詞 1 〈質問 議論 〉を (賢く )かわす, 受け流す .2 〈攻撃 〉をかわす .名詞 複 -ries C かわすこと ; 逃げ口上 .