Related Clues:

• Response to an insult, maybe
• Piercing remark
• Sort of shot
• Palm whack
• Sarcastic comment
• Fishhook part
• Word with stick or dash
• Gibe
• Unkind remark
• Word before dash or happy
• Mild punishment, when applied to the wrist
• Midwife's act
• Fresh response?
• Rebuff a masher
• Blow for a bounder