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backchats

backchats is the plural of backchat.

backchats is the third-person singular simple present indicative of backchat.

Meaning of backchat

Noun

backchat (countable and uncountable, plural backchats)

  1. (UK) Cheeky or impertinent responses, especially to criticism.
    • Old Pete would have had some smart gay backchat to deal with an awkward moment like this.2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 6, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    backtalk

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Questions about backchats

What is backchats the plural of?
Backchats is the plural of backchat.

Words near backchats in the dictionary

  1. backchanneling
  2. backchannelled
  3. backchannelling
  4. backchannels
  5. backchat
  6. backchats
  7. backchatted
  8. backchatting
  9. backcheck
  10. backchecked
  11. backchecker

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