RETORT, RETORTING
(also see REJOINDER, REPARTEE)
ADJECTIVES
1592 — SNAPHANCE retorting sharply, snappish → obs.
..E19 — RETORTIVE of the nature of a retort or sharp reply
INTERJECTIONS & PHRASES
1554 — KISS MY ARSE! — KISS MY ASS! a derisive retort; also an expression of amazement, contempt, or derision
1708 — THAT’S ANCIENT HISTORY, TELL ME NEWS! a retort to a stale jest → sl
1847 — IN A PIG’S EYE used as a derisive retort expressing emphatic disbelief, rejection, or denial → colloq.
.M19 — THE MOTHER OF THAT WAS A WHISKER a retort to an utterly implausible story → sl.
1863 — SUCK MY ARSE! — SUCK MY ASS! a derisive retort; also an expression of amazement
1864 — SHOVE IT UP YOUR ASS! a derisive retort → Amer. sl.
1888 — STICK IT IN YOUR ARSE! a derisive retort → Amer. sl.
1903 — AND THE REST? a retort to anything incomplete, or in which something is being kept back → colloq. (Bk.)
1910 — LAUGH THAT OFF! a sarcastic retort meaning that the listener will have to take one seriously → US sl.
1922 — PUT IT WHERE THE MONKEY PUTS THE NUT to stick it up one’s anus; used as a vulgar retort → Amer. sl.
1926 — STICK IT UP YOUR ASS! a derisive retort → Amer. sl.
1936 — SHOVE IT UP YOUR ASSHOLE! a derisive retort → Amer. sl.
1942 — THAT’S YOUR MAMMY! used as a general insult or intentionally provocative remark, or as a retort in response to such a remark → Amer. dial.
1968 — HANG IT IN YOUR ASS! used as a derisive retort; ‘go to hell!’ → Amer. sl.
1968 — IN A PIG’S EAR used as a derisive retort expressing emphatic disbelief, rejection, or denial → colloq.
1969 — KISS MY SISTER’S BLACK CAT’S ASS! a derisive retort; also an expression of amazement
1971 — YO’ MAMA! used as a general insult or intentionally provocative remark, or as a retort in response to such a remark → Amer. dial.
1973 — RUN IT UP YOUR ASS! a derisive retort → Amer. sl.
1976 — UP YOUR ALLEY! used as a dismissive retort → UK euphemism for ‘up your ass’
NOUNS
1548 — A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER an effective retort
1554 — REJAG a sharp retort; a repartee → obs. exc. Sc.
1577 — GAMEGALL a satirical retort → obs.
1586 — VENY a sharp retort, a pungent remark
1595 — SMOOTH a polite or veiled rebuke or retort → obs.
1598 — SNAPHANCE a snappish retort; a curt, sharp answer; a ready answer or argument → obs.
1653 — JERK a retort; a jest; a quirk → sl.
1683 — CULB — CULBE a retort → obs.
..19C — A CHOKING OYSTER a reply that leaves one nothing to say, as if choked with an oyster too large to swallow; a retort which puts another to silence
1822 — TALIATION a retaliatory answer, a retort, a rejoinder → Sc. obs.
.M19 — BACK-JAW an insolent or hostile answer; a retort; mutual abuse; → Sc. & Amer. dial.
1858 — BACK-TALK a retort or reply which is regarded as superfluous or impertinent → orig. Eng. dial.
1874 — BACK-WORD a contention, retort, reply → Eng. dial.
1887 — NICK a cutting retort; a jibe, a jeer → Sc.
1893 — FLANKER a blow; a retort; a kick → sl. (Bk.)
1894 — BACK-ANSWER a retort; a rude reply → Eng. dial.
1894 — BACK-CA’ a retort, a snub → Sc.
1897 — FLIRT a witty retort; a jibe → Amer. dial.
1898 — BACK-HANDER a sarcastic retort or snub → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 — DABBER a pointed retort → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 — NASTY JAR a stinging retort → sl. (Bk.)
1950 — ZINGER a quick and sharp response; a sturdy retort → US sl.
VERBS
1440 — REJAG to controvert, to refute; to reply smartly → obs. exc. Sc.
1621 — CAMPLE to scold, bully; to retort, answer pertly; to argue or contend saucily; to wrangle or quarrel; to be sulky or cross → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
..19C — KIM-KAM to bicker, to argue, to retort; to use pert language → Eng. dial.
1818 — GANSEL — GANSHEL to scold, to upbraid, to storm at someone; to make an impudent retort → Sc.
.M19 — BACK-JAW to answer in an insolent or hostile manner; to retort, altercate, abuse → Sc. & Amer. dial.
1856 — KECKLE to retort impertinently; to speak insolently → Eng. dial.
1871 — REBAT to retort → Sc.
1885 — JAW BACK to retort indignantly, to talk back; to argue → Amer. dial.
1886 — SNAP SOMEONE’S HEAD OFF to make a quick, angry retort → Amer. sl.
1900 — GIVE ONE THE GAMMET to answer back, to retort → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1906 — BREAK IT OFF IN to rebuke sternly; to wound someone with a sarcastic or cutting retort → Amer. dial.
1930 — I GUESS YOU LAID THAT a compliment to a person who has just made a clever retort → African-American sl.
1930 — SHOOT BACK to riposte, to retort → colloq.
1973 — JUMP UP MY ASS used as a derisive retort → Amer. sl.