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back talk
 

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Noun back talk has 1 sense
  1. sass, sassing, backtalk, back talk, lip, mouth - an impudent or insolent rejoinder; "don't give me any of your sass"
    --1 is a kind of impudence, cheek, impertinence; rejoinder, retort, return, riposte, replication, comeback, counter

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Back Talk

Noun:

The act of answering someone with insolence or defiance; disrespectful or impudent retort.

She was reprimanded by her teacher for her back talk during class.

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Verb:

To respond to someone with insolence or defiance, especially when asked to do something.

He always back talks when his mother tells him to do his homework.

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Adjective:

Describing someone or something that tends to make insolent or defiant remarks.

The teacher's pet was annoyed by his classmates' back talk comments.

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