Antonyms for talking back

Grammar : Verb

Spell : tawk

Phonetic Transcription : tɔk

Definition of talking back

Origin : late 15c., "speech, discourse, conversation," from talk (v.). Meaning "informal lecture or address" is from 1859. Talk of the town first recorded 1620s. Talk show first recorded 1965; talk radio is from 1985.

As in argue : verb verbally fight
As in quibble : verb disagree over minor issues
As in react : verb respond; conduct oneself
As in respond : verb act in answer to something
As in retort : verb answer
As in pettifog : verb quibble
As in debate : verb argue, discuss
As in answer : verb reply, react

Example sentences :

It is really no place for talking back, perhaps they think, on a mountain.
Extract from : « The Voice of the Machines » by Gerald Stanley Lee

Toad was at first inclined to stop and do some talking back at him.
Extract from : « The Wind in the Willows » by Kenneth Grahame

There were two voices in the room, and they were talking back and forth.
Extract from : « The Calm Man » by Frank Belknap Long

Didnt you think you heard her sort of talking back at me, Dick?
Extract from : « Tom Fairfield in Camp » by Allen Chapman

Well, with all the talking back and forth we done about them ghosts we couldn't agree.
Extract from : « Danny's Own Story » by Don Marquis

We can make a mystery out of not hearing the person that was talking back, you know.
Extract from : « The Radio Detectives » by A. Hyatt Verrill

Stopping runaway teams and talking back to impudent policemen have been my delight.
Extract from : « A Proposal Under Difficulties » by John Kendrick Bangs

The Rebs must have more guns than we thought, for they are talking back at a great rate.
Extract from : « Diary of an Enlisted Man » by Lawrence Van Alstyne

The slaves were punished for stealing, running off, not doing what their master told them and for talking back to their master.
Extract from : « Slave Narratives, Oklahoma » by Various

The monkey chattered, just as if he were talking back, and then he began slowly climbing down the tree.
Extract from : « Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue on Grandpa's Farm » by Laura Lee Hope

Synonyms for talking back

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