talk-back
noun
a communications system enabling those in the studio to hear control-room personnel through a loudspeaker or headphones.
talk-back
American
[tawk-bak]
/ ˈtɔkˌbæk /
noun
Radio and Television.
talk back
British
verb
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to answer boldly or impudently
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to conduct a telephone dialogue for immediate transmission over the air
noun
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television radio a system of telephone links enabling spoken directions to be given during the production of a programme
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a broadcast telephone dialogue
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( as modifier )
a talkback show
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talk back
Idioms
Etymology
Origin of talk-back
Noun use of verb phrase talk back
Example Sentences
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Thursday-Saturday, with an artist talk-back following the Friday performance. $39-$99.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2022
The talk-back venue sent out an email to everyone who attended informing them that they may have been exposed.
From Slate ● May 8, 2020
“As soon as the ball dropped, I said to Lance on the talk-back switch, ‘I’m not saying anything for a long time.’
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 22, 2019
Radio hosts had invited audience questions and comments in the past, but there was something novel about the freewheeling nature of the talk-back format, and Mazer’s show quickly caught on.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 17, 2018
I would have enjoyed attending a performance with a talk-back afterword, as there are so many things to discuss.
From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2017
"He was just so domineering and you just couldn't talk back to him," she added.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2026
“Sugar became my friend, because it didn’t hurt me. And it didn’t talk back to me, it didn’t call me names. I think sugar became a comfort to me when I was very young.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2025
“Yuletide Factory” is pitched toward those younger children, who happily talk back to the players.
From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2024
“My experience, after 54 years of doing this stuff, is that the cops don’t like when you talk back that way,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2024
Of course, she’d tell me not to talk back and virtually ignore me for two days.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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