RIPOSTE

Snappy comeback

• Touch

• Answer back

• Certain zinger

• Clever comeback

• Clever return

• Comeback

• Counterstroke

• Dorothy Parker delivery

• Fencing counterstroke

• Fencing maneuver

• Fencing thrust

• Insult follower, perhaps

• Parry follower

• Pie orts dirtied counter (7)

• Quick thrust after parrying a lunge

• Retort

• Retort quickly

• Sharp comeback

• Sharp reply

• Sharp response

• Sharp retort

• Snappy answer

• Swift retort

• Thrust after parrying

• Witty comeback

• Witty reply

• Witty retort

• Zinger

• Zinger, maybe

• Zippy comeback

• A quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)