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back-chat en · NOUN
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(alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative form of backchat.
He was always very good to me but I made sure I never stepped out of line. My fears in this direction were confirmed when, later in the season, Dave Shawcross, a highly talented wing-half, had the nerve to give Jim a bit of back-chat.
2012, Fred Eyre, Kicked into Touch: Plus Extra Time:No, you love minimum back-chat and three square meals a day.
2015, Matthew Trevannion, “Bruised”, in Matthew Trevannion, Rachel Trezise, Tim Price, editors, Contemporary Welsh Plays, page 419:' […] Be firm with him; tell him you have already chosen a bride. He won't dare give you back-chat.' Mother talked to Ramu in Tamil.
2007, Vivek Iyer, Samlee's Daughter:
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back-chat en · VERB
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of backchat.
Most church women I know still go visiting, may "back-chat" their male partner, and may not be "quiet" at all.
1998, Melissa A. Johnson, Nature and progress in rural Creole Belize, page 149:Very few dared to back-chat Smith anyway.
2008, Ben Collins, The Red Fox: The Biography of Norm Smith, page 318:Children may choose the fight or flight response. They may back-chat or argue or they may withdraw.
2009, Bill Rogers, How to Manage Children's Challenging Behaviour, page 49:
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