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Verb: backbite (backbit,backbitten)  'bak,bIt
  1. Speak maliciously about someone who is not present
    "She was caught backbiting about her coworkers";
    - bitch [informal]

Derived forms: backbiting, backbites, backbitten, backbit

Type of: complain, kick [informal], kvetch [N. Amer, informal], moan, plain [archaic], sound off

Encyclopedia: Backbite