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語源

From back +‎ chat.

発音

• IPA: /ˈbæk.t͡ʃæt/

名詞

backchat (countable and uncountable, plural backchats)

1. (British) Cheeky or impertinent responses, especially to criticism.
   • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 6, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN:

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

同意語

• backtalk (US)

動詞

backchat (third-person singular simple present backchats, present participle backchatting, simple past and past participle backchatted)

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

   Peter was sent to detention for backchatting the teacher.

同意語

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

名詞

back-chat (countable and uncountable, plural 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, editors, Contemporary Welsh Plays, page 419:

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