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Noun: backchat  'bak,chat
Usage: Brit
  1. Light teasing repartee
    - banter, raillery, give-and-take, josh [N. Amer]
     
  2. An impudent or insolent rejoinder
    "don't give me any of your backchat";
    - sass [N. Amer], sassing [N. Amer], backtalk [N. Amer], back talk [N. Amer], lip, mouth

Derived forms: backchats

Type of: comeback, counter, rejoinder, repartee, replication, retort, return, riposte

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