Usually means: Quick, witty reply in conversation.
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  1. ripost: Collins English Dictionary
  2. ripost: Wordnik
  3. ripost: Wiktionary
  4. Ripost: Dictionary.com
  5. Ripost: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. ripost: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Ripost: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. ripost: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Ripost: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Ripost: Legal dictionary

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  1. Ripost: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ripost)

noun:  (fencing) A thrust given in return after parrying a lunge.
noun:  A quick and usually witty response to a taunt.
noun:  An answer or reply, rapidly uttered, in response to a question or problem.

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