ALL meanings of answer back
an·swer back
A a - phrasal verb answer back If someone, especially a child, answers back, they speak rudely to you when you speak to them. 3
- verb answer back to reply rudely to (a person, esp someone in authority) when one is expected to remain silent 3
- noun answer back to reply forcefully, rudely, or impertinently; talk back 3
- verb with object answer back to conform or correspond to; be similar or equivalent to: This dog answers your description. 1
- verb with object answer back to atone for; make amends for. 1
- verb with object answer back to reply or respond favorably to: I would like to answer your request but am unable to do so. 1
- idioms answer back answer the helm, Nautical. (of a vessel) to maneuver or remain steady according to the position of the rudder. 1
- intransitivephrasal verbs answer back reply impudently 1
- transitivephrasal verb answer back respond 1
- noun answer back a spoken or written reply or response to a question, request, letter, etc.: He sent an answer to my letter promptly. 1
- noun answer back a correct response to a question asked to test one's knowledge. 1
- noun answer back an equivalent or approximation: a singing group that tried to be the French answer to the Beatles. 1
- noun answer back an action serving as a reply or response: The answer was a volley of fire. 1
- noun answer back a solution to a problem, especially in mathematics. 1
- noun answer back a reply to a charge or accusation. 1
- noun answer back Law. a pleading in which a party responds to his or her opponent's statement of position, especially the defendant's reply to the plaintiff's complaint. 1
- noun answer back Music. the entrance of a fugue subject, usually on the dominant, either slightly altered or transposed exactly after each presentation in the tonic. 1
- verb without object answer back to speak or write in response; make answer; reply. 1
- verb without object answer back to respond by an act or motion: He answered with a nod. The champion answered with a right to the jaw. 1
- verb without object answer back to act or suffer in consequence of (usually followed by for). 1
- verb without object answer back to be or declare oneself responsible or accountable (usually followed by for): I will answer for his safety. 1
- verb without object answer back to be satisfactory or serve (usually followed by for): His cane answered for a baseball bat. 1
- verb without object answer back to conform; correspond (usually followed by to): The prisoner answered to the description issued by the police. 1
- verb with object answer back to speak or write in response to; reply to: to answer a person; to answer a question. 1
- verb with object answer back to act or move in response to: Answer the doorbell. We answered their goal with two quick goals of our own. 1
- verb with object answer back to solve or present a solution of. 1
- verb with object answer back to serve or fulfill: This will answer the purpose. 1
- verb with object answer back to discharge (a responsibility, claim, debt, etc.). 1
- verb answer back (Idiomatic) To reply impertinently; to talk back. 0
- verb answer back To reply to a question at a later time. 0
- verb answer back (computing) To issue echo characters, protocol responses, reflexive connection requests, etc. 0