"answer back" meaning in English

See answer back in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: en-au-answer back.ogg Forms: answers back [present, singular, third-person], answering back [participle, present], answered back [participle, past], answered back [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} answer back (third-person singular simple present answers back, present participle answering back, simple past and past participle answered back)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To reply impertinently to (someone); to talk back. Tags: intransitive, transitive Related terms: answerback Translations (to reply impertinently; to talk back): 駁嘴 (Chinese Cantonese), 驳嘴 (bok³ zeoi²) (Chinese Cantonese), 頂嘴 (Chinese Mandarin), 顶嘴 (dǐngzuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), odmlouvat (Czech), répondre (French), ribattere (Italian), whakatoi (Maori), whakatoitoi (Maori), responder (Portuguese), karşılık vermek (Turkish), (yanıt) geri dönmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-answer_back-en-verb-Enslju0O Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 10 40 Disambiguation of 'to reply impertinently; to talk back': 79 16 6
  2. To reply to a question from (someone) at a later time.
    Sense id: en-answer_back-en-verb-CGbYfoUS
  3. (computing) To issue echo characters, protocol responses, reflexive connection requests, etc. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-answer_back-en-verb-7TVaVsmk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "back", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 10 54 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "back": 36 12 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 12 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 6 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 36 12 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 36 12 52 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 38 15 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 37 10 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 30 16 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 36 12 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 35 11 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 36 11 53 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to reply impertinently; to talk back",
      "word": "駁嘴"
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      "sense": "to reply impertinently; to talk back",
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      "sense": "to reply impertinently; to talk back",
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      "sense": "to reply impertinently; to talk back",
      "word": "顶嘴"
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      "sense": "to reply impertinently; to talk back",
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      "sense": "to reply impertinently; to talk back",
      "word": "répondre"
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      "sense": "to reply impertinently; to talk back",
      "word": "ribattere"
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      "sense": "to reply impertinently; to talk back",
      "word": "responder"
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      "sense": "to reply impertinently; to talk back",
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