'Parrying' definitions:
Definition of 'Parrying'
From: GCIDE
- Parry \Par"ry\ (p[a^]r"r[y^]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Parried (p[a^]r"r[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Parrying.] [F. par['e], p. p. of parer. See Pare, v. t.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To ward off; to stop, or to turn aside; as, to parry a thrust, a blow, or anything that means or threatens harm. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- Vice parries wide The undreaded volley with a sword of straw. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To avoid; to shift or put off; to evade. [1913 Webster]
- The French government has parried the payment of our claims. --E. Everett. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'parrying'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bickering,
- boggling,
- captiousness,
- caviling,
- chicane,
- chicanery,
- dodging,
- equivocation,
- evasion,
- fencing,
- hairsplitting,
- hedging,
- logic-chopping,
- nit-picking,
- paltering,
- pettifoggery,
- prevarication,
- pussyfooting,
- quibbling,
- shifting,
- shuffle,
- shuffling,
- sidestepping,
- subterfuge,
- suppressio veri,
- tergiversation,
- trichoschistism,
- weasel words