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• talk-back
  talk-back

  noun

  a communications system enabling those in the studio to hear control-room personnel through a loudspeaker or headphones.
• talk back
  talk back

  verb

  to answer boldly or impudently

talk-back

American  

[tawk-bak] / ˈtɔkˌbæk /

noun

Radio and Television.

1. a communications system enabling those in the studio to hear control-room personnel through a loudspeaker or headphones.

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talk back British  

verb

1. to answer boldly or impudently

2. to conduct a telephone dialogue for immediate transmission over the air

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noun

1. television radio a system of telephone links enabling spoken directions to be given during the production of a programme

2. 1. a broadcast telephone dialogue

   2. ( as modifier )

      a talkback show

talk back Idioms  

1. Also, answer back. Reply rudely or impertinently, as in She was always in trouble for talking back, or The teacher won't allow anyone to answer back to her. [Second half of 1800s]

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Etymology

Origin of talk-back

Noun use of verb phrase talk back

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