OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 26611

parry

/ˈpæɹi/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
guardia • parada
A defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying.
parada • quite • reparo
A simple defensive action designed to deflect an attack, performed with the forte of the blade.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 26610

parry

/ˈpæɹi/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
barajar • baraustar • bloquear • desviar • parar • rebatir • rechazar
To avoid, deflect, or ward off (an attack, a blow, an argument, etc.).
One had to be on one's guard when thus confronted and, in the course of my numerous meetings with him, I had on occasion to exercise all my wits and be prepared at a moment's notic…
Wojciech Szczesny was then called into action twice in a minute to parry fierce drives from Djebbour and Torossidis as Arsenal's back four looked all at sea.