Definitions of retort [ɪˈtɔrt]

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Definition of 'retort'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) retort
to reply to, usu. in a sharp or retaliatory way.

2.  retort
to return (an accusation, epithet, etc.) upon the person uttering it.

3.  retort
to answer (an argument or the like) by another to the contrary.

4. (v.i.) retort
to reply, esp. sharply.

5. (n.) retort
a severe, incisive, or witty reply, esp. one that counters a first speaker's statement, argument, etc.

6.  retort
the act of retorting.

7. (n.) retort
a vessel, usu. a glass bulb with a long neck bent downward, used for distilling or decomposing substances by heat.

8.  retort
a refractory chamber in which a substance, as ore, is heated in smelting or manufacturing.

9.  retort
a sterilizer for food cans.

10. (v.t.) retort
to sterilize (food) after it is sealed in a container, by steam or other heating methods.

11.  retort
to subject (shale, ore, etc.) to heat and possibly reduced pressure, as to produce fuel oil or a metal.

Etymology: (1550–60; < MF retorte < ML retorta, n. use of fem. of L retortus; see retort¹)

Definition of 'retort'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) rejoinder, retort, return, riposte, replication, comeback, counter
a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
"it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher"

2. (verb) retort
a vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat

3. (verb) retort, come back, repay, return, riposte, rejoin
answer back

Definition of 'retort'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) retort
to bend or curve back; as, a retorted line

2. (noun) retort
to throw back; to reverberate; to reflect

3. (noun) retort
to return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or incivility; as, to retort the charge of vanity

4. (verb) retort
to return an argument or a charge; to make a severe reply

5. (verb) retort
the return of, or reply to, an argument, charge, censure, incivility, taunt, or witticism; a quick and witty or severe response

6. (verb) retort
a vessel in which substances are subjected to distillation or decomposition by heat. It is made of different forms and materials for different uses, as a bulb of glass with a curved beak to enter a receiver for general chemical operations, or a cylinder or semicylinder of cast iron for the manufacture of gas in gas works

Translation of 'retort'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to make a quick and clever or angry reply `You're too old', she said. `You're not so young yourself,' he retorted.
Afrikaans: antwoord	Arabic: يَرُدُّ جوابا غاضِبا سريع	Bulgarian: отговарям остроумно
Brazilian: replicar	Czech: odseknout	German: erwidern
Danish: svare igen	Greek: ανταπαντώ	Spanish: replicar
Estonian: vastu sähvama	Farsi: جواب دندان شکن دادن	Finnish: tiuskaista
French: répliquer	Hebrew: לְהָשִיב בְּחַרִיפות	Hindi: प्रत्युत्तर देना
Croatian: odvratiti	Hungarian: visszavág	Indonesian: menangkis
Icelandic: hreytaút úr sér; svara um	Italian: replicare, ribattere	Japanese: 言い返す
Korean: 반박하다	Lithuanian: atkirsti	Latvian: asi atbildēt; atcirst
Malay: menempelak	Dutch: terugkaatsen	Norwegian: svare igjen, gi svar på t
Polish: odcinać się, ripostować	Persian: جواب دندان شکن دادن	Pashto: ځوابول ، ځواب ور ګرځول، ځ
Portuguese: replicar	Romanian: a replica; a riposta	Russian: парировать
Slovak: odseknúť	Slovenian: odvrniti	Serbian: odbrusiti
Swedish: svara, replikera	Thai: โต้ตอบ; สวนตอบ; พูดย้อน	Turkish: tersleyerek cevap vermek
Taiwanese: 反駁	Ukrainian: парирувати	Urdu: الٹ کر جواب دینا
Vietnamese: trả miếng	Chinese: 反驳
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