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backbite

back·bite [ bák bt ] (past back·bit [ bák bìt ], past participle back·bit·ten [ bák bìtt'n ], present participle back·bit·ing, 3rd person present singular back·bites)


transitive and intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
make spiteful remarks: to make spiteful or slanderous comments about somebody who is not present


back·bit·er noun
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