Difference between chat and backchat
Definitions
noun
- an informal conversation
- songbirds having a chattering call
- birds having a chattering call
verb
- talk socially without exchanging too much information
Examples
I chatter with enthusiasm whilst knobs of butter slide off the fishes' backs and sizzle to blister bubbles.
We chit-chatted about a lot of different things, and none of it was really important.
The league was a little smaller, a little clubbier, and there was a lot more opportunity for one-on-one chats.
Definitions
noun
- light teasing repartee
Examples
A frustrated mother, tired of her daughter's bad exam results, lateness and backchat to teachers, decided on drastic action.
An essential part of the mumming tradition was audience participation, with the crowd hissing the dragon and cheering St George to victory, and that's probably where we get our robust pantomime backchat these days.
But they then conceded a silly penalty and compounded their error when, after some backchat, the referee moved them ten metres backwards.
