v .
to make a sharp reply 신랄한 대답을 하다, 말대꾸하다

• "Twinkle, twinkle, little -- star what you say is what you are," Leslie _____ed hotly when her playmate called her a doo-doo brain.
• When Laurie accused Peggy of being drunk, Peggy _____ed, "Whoeryooshayingsdrunk?" and fell over the sidewalk.
• 이 단어는 명사로도 쓰인다.
• Jeff can never think of good _____ when he needs one ; the perfect line usually comes to him only later, usually in the middle of the night.
  제프는 반박을 할 필요가 있을 때, 적당한 말을 결코 생각해낼 수가 없다 ; 딱 들어맞는 말은 언제나 뒤늦게 생각이 난다.