Synonyms:
rejoinder, retort, return, riposte, replication, comeback, counter
Meaning: a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher"
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
retort, come_back, repay, return, riposte, rejoin
Meaning: answer back
Usage examples
Introduce the suspected material into a retort.
The manager smiled broadly, as if the retort pleased him.
All the pent loneliness of the past weeks and months burst forth in a stinging whip of retort.
"And why are you yourself so interested in them?" was her retort as she eyed me with dry grimness.
Ned was glaring at him ferociously, at the same time struggling to keep back the laughter that rose to his lips because of Stacy's sharp retort.
"An entertaining retort, in the narrow and deductive manner of the Middle Ages," replied the Professor, calmly, "but even upon your own basis I will illustrate my point.