parrying

English

Verb

parrying

1. present participle and gerund of parry

Noun

parrying (plural parryings)

1. The act of one who parries.
   • 1973, Alan Dundes, Mother Wit from the Laughing Barrel, page 253:

     The pair both want to touch each other, and indulge in a series of fencings and parryings in the hope of attaining their desire.