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Meanings of backchat in English

Catalan
estira-i-arronsa

Light teasing repartee.

        estira-i-arronsa
        Usage of backchat in English
        1
        Some of the sites they produce are terrific; others simply in-joke backchat.
        The Guardian
        2
        Muslim men weren't noted for encouraging backchat from women, no matter how liberal they liked to present themselves.
        Provenance
        3
        All the backchat, all the jabbering.
        Up in the air
        4
        That's a yellow at least, surely, but the only card shown is to Buaben for a spot of backchat.
        The Guardian
        5
        He exists on impertinent sprints, mordant backchat and splenetic waves of his arm at any referee or linesman who finds against him.
        The Irish Times
        6
        Niko didn't stop to watch Marcus's reaction, but he didn't hear any of the usual backchat from the other guys as he walked away.
        The Slab
        7
        I don't like to play about; I get mad when I'm crossed.... By God, didn't I tell you I wouldn't stand for any backchat?
        The Underdogs: A Novel of the Mexican Revolution
        8
        In this notebook he kept all sorts of jottings, mainly for recycling in the Sunday Independent's Backchat column.
        The Irish Times
        Translations for backchat
        Backchat through the time