backchat
verbEtymology From back + chat.
1
To respond in a disputative, often sarcastic manner.
- Peter was sent to detention for backchatting the teacher.
- Synonyms
- answer back, mouth off, sass
backchat
noun/ˈbæk.t͡ʃæt/
Etymology From back + chat.
1
UK Cheeky or impertinent responses, especially to criticism.
- Old Pete would have had some smart gay backchat to deal with an awkward moment like this.2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 6, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN:
- Synonyms
- backtalk