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backtalker

backtalker noun: one who backtalks.

Noun

backtalker (plural backtalkers)

  1. One who backtalks.
    • A backtalker, a sasser. One of those girls who horrified parents with her "smart mouth."2006, Kat Meads, The invented life of Kitty Duncan (Benedict Roberts Duncan)
    • Jal had entered the battalion embittered by his previous experiences, and had started out as backtalker. But the colonel had quickly taught him that kind of attitude would not be acceptable by simply wearing him out.2009, Joshua Chase, Galactic Conquest, page 146

Forms of backtalker

pluralbacktalkers

Origin of backtalker

From backtalk + -er.

Questions about backtalker

What does backtalker mean?
Backtalker means one who backtalks.
What part of speech is backtalker?
Backtalker is a noun.
What is the plural of backtalker?
The plural of backtalker is backtalkers.

Words near backtalker in the dictionary

  1. backtagged
  2. backtagging
  3. backtags
  4. backtalk
  5. backtalked
  6. backtalker
  7. backtalkers
  8. backtalking
  9. backtalks
  10. backtaxi
  11. backtaxied

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