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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Repartee \Rep'ar*tee"\ (r?p'3r-t?"), noun [F. repartie, fr. repartir to reply, depart again; pref. re- re- partir to part, depart. See {Part}.] A smart, ready, and witty reply.
Cupid was as bad as he; Hear but the youngster's repartee. --Prior.
Syn: Retort; reply. See {Retort}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Repartee \Rep'ar*tee"\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Reparteed} (-t?d"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reparteeing}.] To make smart and witty replies. [R.] --Prior.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
repartee
noun: adroitness and cleverness in reply
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
73 Moby Thesaurus words for "repartee": acknowledgment, answer, answering, antiphon, aphorism, apothegm, back answer, back talk, backchat, badinage, banter, bon mot, boutade, bright idea, bright thought, brilliant idea, comeback, conceit, crack, echo, epigram, evasive reply, facetiae, flash of wit, flight of wit, gibe, give and take, happy thought, humor, irony, mot, nasty crack, patter, persiflage, play of wit, pleasantry, quip, quips and cranks, raillery, reaction, ready reply, receipt, rejoinder, replication, reply, repost, rescript, rescription, respondence, response, responsion, responsory, retort, return, reverberation, riposte, sally, sarcasm, satire, scintillation, short answer, smart crack, smart saying, snappy comeback, stroke of wit, turn of thought, wisecrack, wit, witticism, witty reply, witty retort, wordplay, yes-and-no answer
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
REPARTEE, noun Prudent insult in retort. Practiced by gentlemen with a constitutional aversion to violence, but a strong disposition to offend. In a war of words, the tactics of the North American Indian.
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