to talk back

  • 41talk — [[t]tɔk[/t]] v. i. 1) to communicate or exchange ideas or information by speaking 2) to consult or confer: Talk with your adviser[/ex] 3) to spread a rumor; gossip 4) to chatter or prate 5) to use speech; perform the act of speaking 6) to deliver …

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  • 42talk — 1. verb 1) I was talking to a friend Syn: speak, chat, chatter, gossip, prattle, babble, rattle on, blather; informal yak, gab, jaw, chew the fat, natter, rap 2) you re talking garbage Syn …

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  • 43talk — verb 1》 speak in order to give information or express ideas or feelings; communicate by speech.     ↘have the power of speech.     ↘(talk something over/through) discuss something thoroughly.     ↘(be talking) informal be discussing in specified… …

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  • 44back talk — {n.} A sassy, impudent reply. * /Such back talk will get you nowhere, young man!/ See: TALK BACK …

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  • 45back talk — {n.} A sassy, impudent reply. * /Such back talk will get you nowhere, young man!/ See: TALK BACK …

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  • 46talk — {{11}}talk (n.) late 15c., speech, discourse, conversation, from TALK (Cf. talk) (v.). Meaning informal lecture or address is from 1859. Talk of the town first recorded 1620s. Talk show first recorded 1965; talk radio is from 1985. {{12}}talk… …

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  • 47back\ talk — noun A sassy, impudent reply. Such back talk will get you nowhere, young man! See: talk back …

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  • 48talk —    Ōlelo, kama ilio, keaka; wala au (colloquial).   Also: pālau, pāpā ōlelo, waha (for idioms, see Haw. Eng. entry and entries that follow it), walawala au, wale wai, hūhā, a ama, kole.     Loud talk, wawā, wā, hauwawā; pāleo, pāleoleowā… …

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  • 49back — See: BACK OF or IN BACK OF, BEHIND ONE S BACK, BRUSH BACK, COME BACK, CUT BACK, DOUBLE BACK, DRAW BACK, DROP BACK. EYES IN THE BACK OF ONE S HEAD, FADE BACK, FALL BACK, FALL BACK ON, FLANKER BACK. FROM WAY BACK, GET BACK AT, GET ONE S BACK UP,… …

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  • 50back — See: BACK OF or IN BACK OF, BEHIND ONE S BACK, BRUSH BACK, COME BACK, CUT BACK, DOUBLE BACK, DRAW BACK, DROP BACK. EYES IN THE BACK OF ONE S HEAD, FADE BACK, FALL BACK, FALL BACK ON, FLANKER BACK. FROM WAY BACK, GET BACK AT, GET ONE S BACK UP,… …

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