rejoinder
11rejoinder — 1. noun A quick response that involves disagreement or is witty; especially an answer to a reply. 2. verb a) To issue a rejoinder. b) To say as a rejoinder …
12rejoinder — UK [rɪˈdʒɔɪndə(r)] / US [rɪˈdʒɔɪndər] noun [countable] Word forms rejoinder : singular rejoinder plural rejoinders formal a quick reply, especially one that is clever or rude …
13rejoinder — re|join|der [rıˈdʒɔındə US ər] n [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: rejoindre; REJOIN2] formal a reply, especially a rude one ▪ He tried to think of a snappy rejoinder …
14rejoinder — [[t]rɪʤɔ͟ɪndə(r)[/t]] rejoinders N COUNT A rejoinder is a reply, especially a quick, witty, or critical one, to a question or remark. [FORMAL] Syn: retort …
15rejoinder n — I ve gone back to my wife, was Tom s rejoinder …
16rejoinder — noun (C) formal a reply, especially a rude one: A smart rejoinder only occurred to me later …
17rejoinder — noun what serious rejoinder could I possibly offer when you make such a ludicrous accusation? Syn: answer, reply, response, retort, riposte, counter; informal comeback …
18rejoinder — In common law pleading, the second pleading on the part of the defendant, being his answer to the plaintiffs replication. Rejoinder occurs during the trial stage where the defendant answers the plaintiffs rebuttal …
19rejoinder — n. 1 what is said in reply. 2 a retort. 3 Law a reply by rejoining. Etymology: AF rejoinder (unrecorded: as REJOIN(2)) …
20rejoinder — /ri joyn deuhr/, n. 1. an answer to a reply; response. 2. Law. a defendant s answer to a plaintiff s replication. [1475 85; < MF rejoindre (n. use of inf.); see REJOIN2] Syn. 1. reply, riposte. See answer. * * * …
