Synonyms:
parry, block, deflect
Meaning: impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball); "block an attack"
Usage examples
"Rope him, somebody!" shouted Parry.
"Hey, come back here!" shouted Parry.
So--but Tom Parry told you, of course."
"Tom Parry didn't," objected the guide.
She could not parry the man's questions.
Tom Parry, piling fresh fuel on the embers of the camp-fire, soon had the scene brightly lighted.
When Captain Parry was on Melville Island, he knew the thermometer to fall to 56 degrees," said Procope.
Tom Parry, aroused by this new note in the midnight medley, tumbled out just in time to see Stacy disappearing over the ridge.
I have been saying how glad I should be if the Skinners were here this winter instead of last; or if the Parrys had come, as they talked of once, she might have danced with George Parry.