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BACKBITE

\bˈakba͡ɪt], \bˈakba‍ɪt], \b_ˈa_k_b_aɪ_t]\

Definitions of BACKBITE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language

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say mean things

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

say mean things

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

To censure or revile the absent.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

To censure or revile the absent.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

To slander or speak evil of (one who is not present).
Backbit.
Backbit and backbitten.
Backbiting.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Backbiting.
To revile or traduce behind one's back.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

To speak evil of any one behind his back or in his absence.
BACKBITER, BACKBITING.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

To slander an absent person.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

To speak evil of the absent.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

To slander; to speak ill of a person behind his back.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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