Meaning

1 senses

  1. To respond in a disputative, often sarcastic manner.

    Peter was sent to detention for backchatting the teacher.

Origin

From back + chat.

From back + chat.

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Forms

backchats, backchatting, backchatted, backchatted
Base formbackchat · to backchat
3rd person singularbackchats
Present participlebackchatting
Past simplebackchatted
Past participlebackchatted

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybackchat
he, she, itbackchats

Past simpleLesson

all personsbackchatted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave backchatted
he, she, ithas backchatted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill backchat

Synonyms

3 synonyms
disputatively or sarcastically respond:answer backmouth offsass

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
backB1backacheB1backbonebackcountrybackdropbacker
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