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back answer

back answer noun: a sharp reply given to someone.

Noun

back answer (plural back answers)

  1. A sharp reply given to someone.
    • He’s called The General from the brazen craft
      And dash with which he sneaks a bit of road
      And all its fares; challenged, or chafed, or chaffed,
      Back-answers of the newest he’ll explode;1901, William Henley, Bus-driver
    Synonyms:
    retort

Synonyms of back answer

Forms of back answer

pluralback answers

Questions about back answer

What does back answer mean?
Back answer means a sharp reply given to someone.
What part of speech is back answer?
Back answer is a noun.
What is the plural of back answer?
The plural of back answer is back answers.

Words near back answer in the dictionary

  1. back announced
  2. back announcement
  3. back announcements
  4. back announces
  5. back announcing
  6. back answer
  7. back answers
  8. back at ya
  9. back at you
  10. back atcha
  11. back away

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