Complete Definition of "back-biting"

English

Verb
back-biting (backbite, backbitten, backbites)

  1. colloquial To attack from behind or when out of earshot

#* To speak badly of an absent individual

  1. a trait of a shy, mean, dog;
  2. to act as mean as a back-biting dog

Alternative spellings
backbiting

See also
rfc-level|See also at L4+ not in L3 POS section
backbiter

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