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back-chat

back-chat is the alternative form of backchat.

Meaning of backchat

Verb

backchat (third-person singular simple present backchats, present participle backchatting, simple past and past participle backchatted)

  1. To respond in a disputative, often sarcastic manner.
    • Peter was sent to detention for backchatting the teacher.

See all 2 meanings of backchat

Forms of back-chat

Verb
third-person singular presentback-chats
present participleback-chatting
past participleback-chatted
pastback-chatted
Noun
pluralback-chats

Questions about back-chat

What is back-chat the alternative form of?
Back-chat is the alternative form of backchat.

Words near back-chat in the dictionary

  1. back-channeled
  2. back-channeling
  3. back-channelled
  4. back-channelling
  5. back-channels
  6. back-chat
  7. back-chats
  8. back-chatted
  9. back-chatting
  10. back-check
  11. back-checked

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Adapted from Wiktionary: back-chat (page history and authors); backchat (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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