Word Meaning

retort definition and meaning

n. To bend or curve back; as, a retorted line.
n. To throw back; to reverberate; to reflect.
n. To return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or incivility; as, to retort the charge of vanity.
v. i. To return an argument or a charge; to make a severe reply.
v. t. The return of, or reply to, an argument, charge, censure, incivility, taunt, or witticism; a quick and witty or severe response.
v. t. 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.

Crossword clues for retort

- A sharp reply
- Answer made by thickhead replacing party leader in report
- Come back
- Cutting reply
- Kind of stand taken in laboratories
- Sharp reply
- Verbal comeback
- Witty reply