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backbite

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backbite /ˈbakbʌɪt /
verb
(past backbit /ˈbakbɪt/)
(past participle; backbitten /ˈbakˌbɪtn/)
[no object] talk maliciously about someone who is not present:
they backbite about their colleagues
[with object] we don't cheat or backbite anyone.
– DERIVATIVES
backbiter noun