If you parry a blow from someone who is attacking you, you push aside their arm or weapon so that you are not hurt. I did not want to wound him, but to restrict myself to defence, to parry his attacks I parried, and that's when my sword broke. = deflect. British navigator who commanded three expeditions in search of the Northwest Passage (1819-1820, 1821-1823, and 1824-1825)
To ward off; to stop, or to turn aside; as, to parry a thrust, a blow, or anything that means or threatens harm
If you parry a question or argument, you cleverly avoid answering it or dealing with it. In an awkward press conference, Mr King parried questions on the allegations. = counter
a/ To defend against attack by deflecting the attacking blade with the application of forte to foible Some examples are, simple parries, circular, semi-circular, parry one, parry two etc b/ to deflect the attackers weapon by some other means, e g with the hand, dagger etc
A computer conversational program that simulated responses of a paranoid patient and was then used in a machine-man test of indistinguishability with psychiatrists as the expert judges (Solso)
Geçiştirmek, atlatmak: "Büyük bir felaketten henüz çıkmış bu adamda küçük bir sokak kavgası veya hafif bir araba kazasını savuşturmuş da şimdi üstünü başını düzeltmeye koyulmuş bir kimse hâli vardı."- Y. K. Karaosmanoğlu