Antonyms for talk back

Grammar : Verb

Spell : tawk-bak

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɔkˌbæk

Definition of talk 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 :

He had swung the talk back to her again, when the talk should have been all of him and Frances.
Extract from : « The Wall Street Girl » by Frederick Orin Bartlett

I was delighted to find that even a dove, and a baby at that, could "talk back."
Extract from : « A Bird-Lover in the West » by Olive Thorne Miller

When he ordered his pap bottle and it was not warm, did you talk back?
Extract from : « Mark Twain's Speeches » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

When he ordered his pap-bottle and it was not warm, did you talk back?
Extract from : « Alonzo Fitz and Other Stories » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

And she turned the talk back to civilization and its danger.
Extract from : « Adrienne Toner » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick

You cannot talk back to a judge or a school-teacher or a parson.
Extract from : « One Irish Summer » by William Eleroy Curtis

It was Van Dyck who brought the talk back to things present and pressing.
Extract from : « Pirates' Hope » by Francis Lynde

“Let that teach you not to talk back to your elders,” he said.
Extract from : « The Boy Allies with the Cossacks » by Clair W. Hayes

When a pitcher starts to talk back, it is a cinch that he is irritated.
Extract from : « Pitching in a Pinch » by Christy Mathewson

I'm paying you a dollar an hour to pose, not to talk back to me.
Extract from : « Children of the Whirlwind » by Leroy Scott

Synonyms for talk back

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