backchatとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæk.t͡ʃæt/

別の表記

• back chat, back-chat

名詞

backchat (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 backchats)

1. (Britain) Cheeky or impertinent responses, especially to criticism.
   • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 6, in The Line of Beauty, New York: Bloomsbury, OCLC 1036692193:

     Old Pete would have had some smart gay backchat to deal with an awkward moment like this.

同意語

• backtalk (米国用法)

動詞

backchat (三人称単数 現在形 backchats, 現在分詞 backchatting, 過去形および過去分詞形 backchatted)

1. To respond in a disputative, often sarcastic manner.

   Peter was sent to detention for backchatting the teacher.

同意語

• (disputatively または sarcastically respond): answer back, mouth off, sass

名詞

back-chat (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 back-chats)

1. Alternative form of backchat
   • 2007, Vivek Iyer, Samlee's Daughter:

     ' […] 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.

   • 2012, Fred Eyre, Kicked into Touch: Plus Extra Time:

     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.

   • 2015, Matthew Trevannion, “Bruised”, in Matthew Trevannion, ‎Rachel Trezise, ‎Tim Price, editor, Contemporary Welsh Plays, page 419:

     No, you love minimum back-chat and three square meals a day.