单词 | to talk back |
释义 | > as lemmasto talk back g. to talk back: to answer back; to indulge in ‘back-chat’. North American colloquial. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > be or become impudent [verb (intransitive)] > use impudent language to have drunk of sauce's cup?1499 to have eaten sauce?1499 snash1802 to give cheek1825 sass1866 to talk back1869 back-chat1927 back-talk1934 1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xii. 112 There was no ‘talking back’, no dissatisfaction about overcharging. 1888 J. D. Billings Hardtack & Coffee (new ed.) 144 Some of the more common ways [of showing disrespect] were to ‘talk back’, in strong unmilitary language. 1939 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Ingleside iv. 22 Dad would never let anyone ‘talk back’ to Aunt Mary Maria. 1955 L. Hughes in Oliphant Q. Apr.–June 136 All over the world today folks with not even Mister in front of their names are raring up and talking back to the folks called Mister. 1977 M. French Women's Room ii. xv. 117 I can't stand it when they start to talk back, be fresh. < as lemmas |
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