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BACKBITE (backbit, backbitten)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does backbite mean?
• BACKBITE (verb)
The verb BACKBITE has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: BACKBITE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they backbite
... he / she / it backbites

Past simple: backbit

Past participle: backbitten

-ing form: backbiting





Past simple: backbit


Past participle: backbitten


-ing form: backbiting


Sense 1
Meaning:
Say mean things
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
backbite; bitch
Hypernyms (to "backbite" is one way to...):
complain; kick; kvetch; plain; quetch; sound off (express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
backbiter (one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel)
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