
1) Australian golfer Craig 2) Biff 3) Clout 4) Counter 5) Counterpunch 6) Defense against a thrust 7) Deflect 8) Deflect a blow 9) Deflect a sabre 10) English-language boy name 11) Evasive answer 12) Evasive reply 13) Fencing deflection 14) Fencing move 15) Fend off 16) French word used in English 17) Impede the movement of
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1) Avert 2) Counterpunch 3) Deflect 4) Evade 5) Fence 6) Fend
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A simple defensive action designed to deflect an attack, performed with the forte of the blade. A parry is usually only wide enough to allow the attacker's blade to just miss; any additional motion is wasteful. A well-executed parry should take the foible of the attacker's blade with the forte and/or guard of the defender's. This provides the great...
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PARRY was an early example of a chatterbot, implemented in 1972 by psychiatrist Kenneth Colby. ==History== PARRY was written in 1972 by psychiatrist Kenneth Colby, then at Stanford University. While ELIZA was a tongue-in-cheek simulation of a Rogerian therapist, PARRY attempted to simulate a paranoid schizophrenic. The program implemented a crude ...
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[crater] Parry is a lunar crater that is attached to the southeast rim of the walled plain Fra Mauro. Attached to the west and southwest rim of Parry is the crater Bonpland. Due south of Parry is the small crater Tolansky, and farther to the south-southwest is Guericke. The rim of Parry is heavily worn and slightly distorted due to the co-j...
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[fencing] A parry is a fencing bladework maneuver intended to deflect or block an incoming attack. ==Execution== To execute a parry, fencers strike the opponent`s foible, or the area near the tip of the blade, with their forte, or the part of the blade near the bell guard (or handle) of the weapon. This deflects the opponent`s blade away fr...
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• (v. t.) To ward off; to stop, or to turn aside; as, to parry a thrust, a blow, or anything that means or threatens harm. • (v. i.) To ward off, evade, or turn aside something, as a blow, argument, etc. • (n.) A warding off of a thrust or blow, as in sword and bayonet exercises or in boxing; hence, figuratively, a defensive movement...
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This is a defensive action where the fencer blocks the blade of his opponent.
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(from the article `artificial intelligence`) Two of the best-known early AI programs, Eliza and Parry, gave an eerie semblance of intelligent conversation. (Details of both were first published ... The Parry program`s `paranoid` responses are capitalized in this extract from a `conversation` with a psychiatrist:[2 re...
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Caleb H., English physician, 1755-1822. ... See: Parry's disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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Par'ry intransitive verb To ward off, evade, or turn aside something, as a blow, argument, etc.
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Par'ry noun ;
plural Parries A warding off of a thrust or blow, as in sword and bayonet exercises or in boxing; hence, figuratively, a defensive movement in debate or other intellectual encounter.
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Par'ry transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Parried ;
present participle & verbal noun Parrying .] [ French
paré , past participle of
parer . See
Pare ,
transitive verb ]
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a block of the attack, made with the forte of one's own blade
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Type: Term Pronunciation: par′ē Definitions: 1. Caleb H., English physician, 1755-1822. See: Parry disease
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[
v] - impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball), as in sports or fights
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defensive action to deflect an opponent's attack by opposing 'forte to opponent's foible'
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fend off punches with the gloves
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Changing the trajectory of an opponents punch using the gloves to slap away the shot.
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This is when you not only block an incoming punch, but actually re-direct it away from your body or the intended target.
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avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
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[Intelligent words] avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
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