[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["rude or disrespectful replies to the requests or directives of an authority figure; sass :That kind of back talk will get her in trouble at school.Synonyms: cheek , impertinence , insolence"]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with or without object)", "List Items": ["to reply to (someone in authority) in a rude or disrespectful manner:They back-talk to their parents and have never really had any discipline.Don't back-talk me, son."]}]