1. Respond in a quick, clever or humorous way
   "She retorted with a witty comeback to his insult";
   - come back, return, riposte, rejoin

1. A quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
   "it brought a sharp retort from the teacher";
   - rejoinder, return, riposte, comeback, counter
    
2. A vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat
   "The chemist used a glass retort to distil the solution"

Derived forms: retorting, retorts, retorted

Type of: answer, reply, respond, response, vessel

Part of: still

Encyclopedia: Retort