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backchat

[ bak-chat ]
/ ˈbækˌtʃæt /
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noun Informal.
repartee.
back talk.
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Origin of backchat

First recorded in 1895–1900; back2 + chat

Words nearby backchat

back burner, back burner, on a, backcast, back catalogue, back channel, backchat, back-check, back clipping, backcloth, backcomb, back country
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Words related to backchat

assurance, audacity, brazenness, cheek, chutzpah, crust, disrespect, effrontery, forwardness, freshness, gall, guff, hardihood, impropriety, impudence, incivility, insolence, lip, nerve, pertness

British Dictionary definitions for backchat

backchat
/ (ˈbækˌtʃæt) /
noun
informal the act of answering back, esp impudently
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