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動詞

talk back (third-person singular simple present talks back, present participle talking back, simple past and past participle talked back)

1. (idiomatic, intransitive, often with to + d.o.) To reply impertinently or rudely; to answer in a cheeky or rude manner.

   Jane talked back a little too often.

   Jane talked back to most of her teachers.

   • 2025 October 4, Maureen Dowd, “When A.I. Came for Hollywood”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 October 2025:

     And all over Hollywood, suits are licking their chops at the prospect of more malleable actors. “She’s not going to talk back,” one top talent wrangler told me dryly.

2. (idiomatic) To return disrespect.

同意語

• (reply impertinently): backtalk (verb)
• (both senses): answer back

派生語

• talkback (noun)

アナグラム

• backtalk, back talk