(fencing) deflecting the incoming attack by maintaining contact with the blade and changing the point of contact between the blades, moving from a position of poor leverage to one using the forte for strong leverage

(fencing) The deflection of the incoming attack without ever losing contact with the blade from the initial engagement.

(fencing) The deflection of the incoming attack with a sharp striking motion

(dated) A tame parrot. / (archaic, slang) A talkative, gossiping woman.

(transitive, dated) To speak, repeat, or imitate something like a parrot. / (intransitive, dated) To chatter like a parrot.

Someone who kills a relative, especially a parent. / Someone who commits treason. / The killing of a relative, especially a parent. / The killing of a ruler, or other authority figure; treason.

plural of parricide

Related to, inclined to, or guilty of, the murder of one's immediate family.

(fencing): a defensive move in fencing; a parry in which the blade moves in a circle to block an opponent's attack from the opposite side from which it started (sometimes called a contra- or counter-parry)

In the manner of a parrot; with thoughtless repetition of what others have said.