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Definition of Backtalk
1. Noun. An impudent or insolent rejoinder. "Don't give me any of your sass"
Generic synonyms: Comeback, Counter, Rejoinder, Replication, Retort, Return, Riposte
Derivative terms: Mouth, Mouth, Sassy, Sass
Definition of Backtalk
1. Noun. (American English) Verbal impudence or argumentative discourse, given in response. ¹
2. Verb. To respond in an aggresively disputatious, often sarcastic or outright insolent manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Backtalk
Literary usage of Backtalk
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Talk Show Yearbook 2000: A Guide to the Nation's Most Influential Television by Robert Savidge (2000)
"... 915-532-6342 backtalk airs daily from 9am-noon (CT). and often invites informed
guests. Market: National News/Talk National Format: Talk Affiliation: ..."
2. The Cornhill Magazine by George Smith (1905)
"Teach you to give backtalk to me !' ' Ay, ay, sir! Shall I go forward and give
the mate a hand, or rouse out the steward to come and see to this man ? ..."
3. The American Pilgrim's Way in England to Homes and Memorials of the Founders by Marcus Bourne Huish, Elizabeth M. Chettle (1907)
"Bickerings and backtalk between two owners, a father's victory over the Dutch,
a balance due to him from the Crown, and his death of gout before ..."
4. No Minor Matter: Children in Maryland's Jails by Michael Bochenek, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1999)
"Where we did hear of abuses by guards, the accounts suggested a common pattern
of guards overreacting—sometimes violently—to teenage backtalk. ..."
5. History of the Great American Fortunes by Gustavus Myers (1910)
"The honorable Senators unleashed themselves; Senatorial dignity fell askew, and
there was snarling and growling, retort and backtalk and bad blood enough. ..."
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