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Princeton's WordNet

  1. sass, sassing, backtalk, back talk, lip, mouthnoun

    an impudent or insolent rejoinder

    "don't give me any of your sass"

Wiktionary

  1. backtalknoun

    Verbal impudence or argumentative discourse, given in response.

    Don't give me any backtalk; just go clean your room.

  2. backtalkverb

    To respond in an aggresively disputatious, often sarcastic or outright insolent manner.

    Peter was sent to detention for backtalking the teacher.

Wikipedia

  1. backtalk

    Backtalk is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He was sired by Smarty Jones, who in 2004 lost his bid for the Triple Crown when he ran second to Birdstone. Backtalk is out of the mare Apasionata Sonata, a daughter of Triple Crown winner Affirmed. He is a multiple stakes winner having won the Bashford Manor Stakes, the Sanford Stakes and the Sportsman's Paradise Stakes.

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  1. backtalk

    Backtalk refers to the disrespectful or impertinent responses or remarks one gives to another, often from a child to a parent or an authority figure. It can also be used to describe any kind of negative, argumentative or defiant reaction to something someone says or does.

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  1. talkback

  2. talk back

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of backtalk in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of backtalk in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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  • [[дързък]] [[отговор]], [[остроуменBulgarian
  • WiderwortGerman
  • vastaväite, väittää vastaanFinnish
  • toitoi, toiMāori
  • tegenspreken, tegenspraakDutch
  • kutipakuyQuechua
  • препираться, [[дерзкий]] [[ответ]], препирательство, пререкаться, [[резкий, пререканиеRussian

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