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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈbæk.tɔːk/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈbæk.tɔk/

名詞

backtalk (uncountable)

1. 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."

   • 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 156:

     "Squalled at me that she owned the business and that she wouldn't take any back talk from me and that the piece wasn't for sale. What could I do?"

同意語

• (verbal impudence or argument): backchat (UK), derision, lip, cheek, sass, rebuttal

関連する語

動詞

backtalk (third-person singular simple present backtalks, present participle backtalking, simple past and past participle backtalked)

1. (transitive) To respond to in an aggressively disputatious, often sarcastic or insolent manner.

   Peter was sent to detention for backtalking the teacher.

同意語

(disputatively or sarcastically respond):

派生語

• backtalker

アナグラム

• talk back, talkback