plural of parry

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of parry

A surname from Welsh. / A hamlet in Division No.2, Saskatchewan, Canada.

An English surname from the Celtic Parisi tribe of Yorkshire, the name of uncertain origin. Koch proposes derivation from Proto-Celtic *kʷert (“make, cause”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (compare Welsh peri).

To avoid, deflect, or ward off (an attack, a blow, an argument, etc.).

A defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying. / (fencing) A simple defensive action designed to deflect an attack, performed with the forte of the blade.

plural of parrying

simple past tense and past participle of parry

present participle of parry

The act of one who parries.