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A ready, witty, or apt reply.

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Usage examples (37)
  • A repartee is what a person thinks of after he becomes a departee.
  • A young Irish newsboy, with a gift for quips and repartee, is named Oscar Wilde.
  • "I love to engage in repartee with people who are stupider than I am," Coulter told the crowd of 2,600 Wednesday.
  • “I love to engage in repartee with people who are stupider than I am,” Coulter told the 2,600 people at Jorgensen Auditorium.
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