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Insolent retort
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backtalk
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Wikipedia
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Backtalk is a colt of 2007, sired by Smarty Jones , who in 2004 lost his bid for the Triple Crown when he ran second to Birdstone . Backtalk is out of the mare Apasionata Sonata , a daughter of Triple Crown winner Affirmed . He is a multiple stakes winner ...
WordNet
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n. an impudent or insolent rejoinder; "don't give me any of your sass" [syn: sass , sassing , back talk , lip , mouth ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context US English) verbal impudence or argumentative discourse, given in response. vb. To respond in an aggressively disputatious, often sarcastic or outright insolent manner.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also back-talk , "impertinent retort," 1858, originally often used in literary attempts at low Irish idiom, from back (adj.) + talk (n.).
Usage examples of backtalk.
He couldn't tell me exactly when, probably because he knew how the law would feel about a character who backtalked and roughed-up a cop.
He found himself considering what it would be like when red-haired, backtalking Dulcinea Anwin was no longer useful.