witty comeback (noun)

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• comeback — noun Date: 1889 1. a. a sharp or witty reply ; retort b. a cause for complaint 2. a return to a former position or condition (as of success or prosperity) ; recovery, revival …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• comeback — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n., informal, recovery, revival, restoration, return; retort, rejoinder. See answer. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A regaining of a former position] Syn. recovery, revival, rally, triumph; see improvement 1 ,… …   English dictionary for students

• zing — 1. noun a) A short high pitched humming sound, eg that made by a bullet or vibrating string. 1998, Edward E. Leslie Desperate Journeys b) Zest or vitality. : I heard a zing close to my head and looked up again. Five or six men were lined up on… …   Wiktionary

• repartee — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. [witty] retort, [clever] rejoinder, [snappy] comeback (sl.); sally, persiflage, banter. See answer, wit. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. retort, quip, banter, sparring; see answer 1 , joke 2 , wit 1 , 2 . See …   English dictionary for students

• wit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Cleverness Nouns 1. wit, wittiness; Atticism; salt; sense of humor, funny bone, esprit, point, fancy, whim, humor, drollery, pleasantry; comedy; jocularity, jocosity, jocoseness; levity, facetiousness;… …   English dictionary for students

• answer — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I v. serve, suit, avail, do; atone (for). See sufficiency, atonement, answer. II Response Nouns 1. answer, response, reply, rescript; acknowledgment; rebuttal, riposte, rejoinder, return, retort;… …   English dictionary for students

• Indonesia — /in deuh nee zheuh, sheuh, zee euh, doh /, n. 1. See East Indies (def. 1). 2. Republic of. Formerly, Netherlands East Indies, Dutch East Indies. a republic in the Malay Archipelago consisting of 13,677 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi,… …   Universalium

• Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …   Universalium

• United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …   Universalium

• Anexo:Falsos amigos — Los falsos amigos son palabras que, a pesar de tener significados diferentes, pueden escribirse o pronunciarse de una manera similar en dos o más idiomas. Lo anterior puede deberse tanto a distintas etimologías como a un cambio en el significado… …   Wikipedia Español