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to retort
01
to reply quickly and sharply, often in a clever or aggressive manner
Intransitive: to retort with a remark
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
retort
3rd person singular
retorts
Present participle
retorting
Past simple
retorted
Past participle
retorted
Examples
When teased about her cooking skills, she retorted, " Well, at least my food wo n't cause a kitchen evacuation! "
Retort
01
a quick, often sharp or witty reply to a question or remark
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
retorts
Examples
She answered his rude comment with a clever retort.
02
a sealed vessel used for distillation or decomposition of substances by heat
Examples
The chemist heated the mixture in a glass retort to extract the oil.
