to talk back
11talk-back — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) Etymology: from the phrase talk back, from talk (I) + back, adverb : a two way radio system providing especially for one receiving instructions or directions to speak back to the instructor; especially : such a system set …
12talk-back — /tawk bak /, n. Radio and Television. a communications system enabling those in the studio to hear control room personnel through a loudspeaker or headphones. [n. use of v. phrase talk back] * * * …
13talk back — reply without respect, lip off In China, kids don t talk back to their parents, do they? …
14talk back — answer rudely She is very strict and never allows her children to talk back to her …
15ˌtalk ˈback — phrasal verb to reply to someone rudely Melanie, don t talk back to your mother![/ex] …
16talk-back equipment — pokalbių įrenginys statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. talk back equipment vok. Wechselsprechanlage, f rus. переговорное устройство, n pranc. appareil d intercommunication, m; interphone, m …
17talk back — Synonyms and related words: acknowledge, answer, answer back, come back, come back at, echo, flash back, give acknowledgment, give answer, lip, provoke, react, reecho, rejoin, reply, respond, retort, return, return answer, return for answer,… …
18talk back — also[answer back] {v.} {informal} To answer rudely; reply in a disrespectful way; be fresh. * /When the teacher told the boy to sit down, he talked back to her and said she couldn t make him./ * /Mary talked back when her mother told her to stop… …
19talk back — also[answer back] {v.} {informal} To answer rudely; reply in a disrespectful way; be fresh. * /When the teacher told the boy to sit down, he talked back to her and said she couldn t make him./ * /Mary talked back when her mother told her to stop… …
20talk back — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. sass, retort, defy; see answer 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To utter an impertinent rejoinder: talk up. Informal: sass, sauce. Idiom: give someone lip. See RESIST, WORDS. II verb See talk …
