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单词 backtalking
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backtalkingadj.

Brit. /ˈbaktɔːkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈbækˌtɔkɪŋ/, /ˈbækˌtɑkɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: back-talk v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < back-talk v. + -ing suffix2. Compare earlier back-talk n.
Chiefly U.S.
Engaging in back-talk; confrontational; argumentative.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [adjective] > engaging in controversy, disputatious
unpeaceablec1384
disputative1579
disputablea1616
disputeful1631
controversial1638
controversal1641
obstreperous1641
contradictive1643
disputing1645
controverting1646
chop-logicala1652
disputatious1660
argumentative1667
argumentive1668
disputant1671
contradictiousa1677
disceptatious1682
obstropolous1727
disceptatorial1821
contradictory1891
backtalking1938
1938 H. Lundbergh in A. B. Benson & N. Hedim Swedes in Amer. 487 He conceived his celebrated ‘Charlie McCarthy’, the snippy, saucy, backtalking dummy.
1984 A. B. Rugh Family in Contemp. Egypt iv. 75 The brash, backtalking, swaggering, aggressive female who stands no nonsense is a valued sub-cultural personality in lower-class Bulaq.
1998 Publishers Weekly 5 Jan. 63/3 Ricker, a teacher, and Crowder, a psychologist, present a compact plan for dealing with backtalking kids.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1938
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