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(par-ry) 2 syllables

Definition

verb. to ward off or deflect an attack.

Example Sentence

The challanger's quick parry caught the champion completely off guard.

More Example Sentences

The knight learned to parry in battles.

Synonyms

deflect; avoid; evade

Antonyms

attack; confront; engage

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Rhymes

  • airey
  • airy
  • arie
  • ary
  • barey
  • barre
  • berrey
  • berri
  • berrie
  • berry
  • buerry
  • bury
  • carey
  • carie
  • carrey
  • carrie
  • cary
  • cheri
  • cherry
  • chery
  • clary
  • dairy
  • derry
  • dery
  • eyrie
  • fairey
  • fairy
  • ferri
  • ferrie
  • ferry
  • fery
  • frary
  • gary
  • gehry
  • gerri
  • gerrie
  • gerry
  • gery
  • hairy
  • harry
  • jere
  • jeri
  • jerri
  • jerrie
  • jerry
  • kairey
  • kari
  • karry
  • kary
  • kerrey
  • kerri
  • kerry
  • larry
  • lary
  • marry
  • mary
  • merrie
  • merry
  • nary
  • neri
  • parry
  • perry
  • prairie
  • querry
  • scary
  • sheri
  • sherri
  • sherrie
  • sherry
  • skerry
  • sperry
  • stary
  • sterry
  • tarry
  • teri
  • terri
  • terrie
  • terry
  • vary
  • verri
  • verry
  • very
  • wary
  • werry
  • wery
  • wherry
  • yeiri

  • alarie
  • ameri
  • azeri
  • barberi
  • boveri
  • buccheri
  • canary
  • cecere
  • contrary
  • curreri
  • ferreri
  • glengarry
  • guarneri
  • laprairie
  • macquarrie
  • macsharry
  • maseri
  • mauceri
  • maugeri
  • mcclary
  • mccrary
  • mcgarry
  • mcgary
  • mcnairy
  • mcnary
  • mcquerry
  • mcsherry
  • metairie
  • moceri
  • omary
  • oteri
  • palmeri
  • pierie
  • plumeri
  • prosperi
  • raineri
  • raneri
  • recarey
  • remarry
  • ruggeri
  • scuderi
  • silveri
  • soleri
  • spiteri
  • st_mary
  • sunseri
  • tiberi
  • unwary
  • valeri
  • viguerie

  • balistreri
  • barillari
  • camilleri
  • canzoneri
  • francesmary
  • montazeri
  • oliveri
  • palmieri
  • palminteri
  • pusateri
  • ranieri
  • tagliaferri

  • bollettieri
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