Related Clues:

• Catty comment
• Response to a pickup line, perhaps
• Duel preliminary
• Rebuke
• Smack in the face
• Response to an affront
• Token punishment
• Shot on the ice
• Sticker
• Open-handed hit
• Needling remark
• Response to a pass, perhaps
• Caustic remark
• Clout
• Indication of indignation