The definition of backbite is to say mean or slanderous things about someone else.
(verb)An example of backbite is for a political candidate to say harmful things about the character of his opponents.
See backbite in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb, intransitive verb backbit , backbitten or backbit, backbiting
Origin: ME bakbiten: see back & bite
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See backbite in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb back·bit (-bĭtˌ), back·bit·ten (-bĭtˌn), back·bit·ing, back·bites verb, transitive
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