Usually means: Disrespectful or impudent response to authority.
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(Note: See backtalking as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (backtalk)

noun:  (US) Verbal impudence or argumentative discourse, given in response.
verb:  (transitive) To respond to in an aggressively disputatious, often sarcastic or insolent manner.

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