answer-backn.

Brit.

/ˈɑːnsəbak/,

/ˈansəbak/, U.S.

/ˈænsərˌbæk/

Inflections: Plural answers-back, answer-backs.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: answer v., back adv.; answer n., back adv.

Etymology: Partly < answer v. + back adv., and partly < answer n. + back adv. Compare earlier to answer back at answer v. Phrasal verbs.

1. A (typically automated) response to a transmitted message confirming receipt of the message and identifying the device which has received it; a device or system which issues such a response. Frequently attributive.

ΚΠ

1883 U.S. Patent 279,065 2/2 The receiving apparatus of a district-telegraph system has been provided with a circuit-breaker for causing an answer-back signal at the box from which a message has been received.

1894 Rep. Town Officers Brookline, Mass. 141 This system is equipped as shown in the following table:..Electrical answer-backs 3 Manual answer-back, 4-circuit 1.

1936 Post Office Electr. Engineers' Jrnl. 29 121/1 In order to eliminate ineffective operating time due to calling the out-station and awaiting acknowledgements, the teleprinters have been fitted with an ‘answer-back’ device.

1968 L. Deighton Only when I Larf xiv. 191 The telex slip was a fake, of course, we had typed it in the public telex office that morning, spelling out a false answerback.

2011 L. Tetley & D. Calcutt Understanding GMDSS (new ed.) xiv. 254 Both stations exchange telex answerback identities to confirm the link.

2. (a) A responsive action. (b) A rejoinder, a reply.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [noun] > a sharp answer, retort

regestion1565

snaphance1598

regest1609

retortion1609

retort1610

retractation1637

riposte1877

comeback1908

answer-back1921

the short answer to (something) is1955

1921 J. A. Thomson Nat. Hist. Stud. xxxv. 217 This phrase—the struggle for existence—was used by the greatest of naturalists, Charles Darwin, to include all the answers-back that living creatures make to the difficulties that beset them.

1969 Ebony May 102/2 His answer-backs vary: quick responses when it's about something that doesn't interest him; detailed explanations when he talks about, say, Christ or God or Man.

1990 Guardian (Nexis) 6 Sept. ‘I got reason to believe we all will be received in Graceland,’ rap Living Colour, in a sarcastic answer-back to Paul Simon.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	answer-back
释义	answer-backn. Brit. /ˈɑːnsəbak/, /ˈansəbak/, U.S. /ˈænsərˌbæk/ Inflections: Plural answers-back, answer-backs. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: answer v., back adv.; answer n., back adv. Etymology: Partly < answer v. + back adv., and partly < answer n. + back adv. Compare earlier to answer back at answer v. Phrasal verbs. 1. A (typically automated) response to a transmitted message confirming receipt of the message and identifying the device which has received it; a device or system which issues such a response. Frequently attributive. ΚΠ 1883 U.S. Patent 279,065 2/2 The receiving apparatus of a district-telegraph system has been provided with a circuit-breaker for causing an answer-back signal at the box from which a message has been received. 1894 Rep. Town Officers Brookline, Mass. 141 This system is equipped as shown in the following table:..Electrical answer-backs 3 Manual answer-back, 4-circuit 1. 1936 Post Office Electr. Engineers' Jrnl. 29 121/1 In order to eliminate ineffective operating time due to calling the out-station and awaiting acknowledgements, the teleprinters have been fitted with an ‘answer-back’ device. 1968 L. Deighton Only when I Larf xiv. 191 The telex slip was a fake, of course, we had typed it in the public telex office that morning, spelling out a false answerback. 2011 L. Tetley & D. Calcutt Understanding GMDSS (new ed.) xiv. 254 Both stations exchange telex answerback identities to confirm the link. 2. (a) A responsive action. (b) A rejoinder, a reply. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [noun] > a sharp answer, retort regestion1565 snaphance1598 regest1609 retortion1609 retort1610 retractation1637 riposte1877 comeback1908 answer-back1921 the short answer to (something) is1955 1921 J. A. Thomson Nat. Hist. Stud. xxxv. 217 This phrase—the struggle for existence—was used by the greatest of naturalists, Charles Darwin, to include all the answers-back that living creatures make to the difficulties that beset them. 1969 Ebony May 102/2 His answer-backs vary: quick responses when it's about something that doesn't interest him; detailed explanations when he talks about, say, Christ or God or Man. 1990 Guardian (Nexis) 6 Sept. ‘I got reason to believe we all will be received in Graceland,’ rap Living Colour, in a sarcastic answer-back to Paul Simon. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1883
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