backchat
Example Sentences
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Any backchat on the field is given a 10-metre move penalty.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2022
Writing in the first person as Nikki, he has created a character who peppers the patriarchy with rapid-fire volleys of backchat.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 25, 2019
It's about eye contact, backchat, gauging what's working and what isn't, giving – or choosing to withhold from – each audience what it wants.
From The Guardian ● May 31, 2013
Thus have I written online about the exaltations and lamentations of parenthood: potty training, ruined sleep, baffling toddler backchat.
From Time ● Feb. 1, 2013
As played with beaming verve by Cherise Boothe, Angela Lewis and Nikiya Mathis, these high school girls are a delight to watch, with their freewheeling conversation full of tart backchat and slangy humor.
From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2011
