Clues for the word "RETORT"

We've had 72 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 148 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mirror Mini crossword on October 28, 2025.

Definition of retort

n. - To bend or curve back; as, a retorted line.
n. - To throw back; to reverberate; to reflect.
n. - To return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or incivility; as, to retort the charge of vanity.
v. i. - To return an argument or a charge; to make a severe reply.
v. t. - The return of, or reply to, an argument, charge, censure, incivility, taunt, or witticism; a quick and witty or severe response.
v. t. - A vessel in which substances are subjected to distillation or decomposition by heat. It is made of different forms and materials for different uses, as a bulb of glass with a curved beak to enter a receiver for general chemical operations, or a cylinder or semicylinder of cast iron for the manufacture of gas in gas works.