talk back

verb

talked back; talking back; talks back

intransitive verb

: to answer impertinently

Examples of talk back in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But on The Blueprint, Kanye West, Just Blaze, and Bink made a habit of letting the singers from old R&B records wail away beneath Jay-Z’s verses, or croon refrains that Jay would talk back to and thread into his rhymes. — Al Shipley, SPIN, 14 July 2026

One of the most effective ways of talking back to an oppressive force is by speaking truthfully, by letting your experience rise above the noise of those who would flatten you and your kind into easy categories. — Literary Hub, 14 July 2026

Now a new generation of devices is trying to do something the read-only wearable never could, talk back to the body. — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 6 July 2026

He was uncaught by any orthodoxy, would talk back to any authority, and often voiced the unwelcome but true intrusive thought. — Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

Rhymes for talk back

• aback
• attack
• backpack
• backtrack
• bareback
• blackjack
• brownback
• buyback
• callback
• cognac
• comeback
• cutback