backtalk
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Etymology
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Noun
backtalk (uncountable)
- (US) Verbal impudence or argumentative discourse, given in response.
- Don't give me any backtalk; just go clean your room.
- 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
- He scratched his head. "Well, damn me," said he. "I never thought I would take orders from a Chink, but he says 'hist!' and by crums you've got to hist and no back talk either."
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verbal impudence or argument
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Verb
backtalk (third-person singular simple present backtalks, present participle backtalking, simple past and past participle backtalked)
- (transitive) To respond to in an aggressively disputatious, often sarcastic or insolent manner.
- Peter was sent to detention for backtalking the teacher.
Synonyms
(disputatively or sarcastically respond):
Derived terms
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disputatively or sarcastically respond
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