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# How to pronounce "backbit" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/bækkbɪt/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **bac·kbit**

## Meaning & Usage

### VERB
- simple past and past participle of backbite

### Example Sentences
- "backbiting that goes on. Um so yeah, I I don't really see it as particularly as a sign of strength. I would like to think it was a sign of strength, but um I"
- "backbiters. And in the streets here they swarm as thick as bees."

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "backbit" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "Italian who understands the intrigues, understands the uh scandal and the backbiting that goes on. Um so yeah, I I don't really see it as particularly as a sign of strength. I would like to think it was a sign of strength, but um I think many people will see he's throwing in the towel. I can't work with these people. Father Simon, we know that Pope Benedict revered a 13th century pope"
- **Watch at 5:37**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3HPVDY-AkI&t=337s)

### Example 2
*Accent: US*
> "backbiters. And in the streets here they swarm as thick as bees."
- **Watch at 110:18**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtn2tv8L57k&t=6618s)

### Example 3
> "There was no backbiting."
- **Watch at 11:14**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4-NO-JWSAQ&t=674s)

### Example 4
> "trump a deux tart who is frequently backbiting our dignity can you still dare as backbite about our country can you continue to do it even when what song 15 is fired at the US mainland well let's go to Beijing now the region's big power to talk to our correspondent Steven McDonald Steve what reaction from"
- **Watch at 1:22**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq4jfpZ56eA&t=82s)

### Example 5
> "simple basic rule only we will avoid so much of spreading around just a news which we heard on a word say assume was their city yes against rumors in backbiting everybody sticks to their truth so much so much will be relieved isn't it yeah a really smart point and it's a really good point so far you know as a fact checker it's lovely to find may say to use"
- **Watch at 38:11**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDdWbStC2VU&t=2291s)

### Example 6
> "And like people are mean and backbiting and stuff."
- **Watch at 27:48**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV1J9rgEJtY&t=1668s)

### Example 7
> "country could develop into the world's strongest nuclear power I think the world cannot exist without our country oh good I just want to ask a question to trump a deux tart who is frequently backbiting our dignity can you still dare as backbite about our country can you continue to do it even when what"
- **Watch at 1:17**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq4jfpZ56eA&t=77s)

### Example 8
> "You don't find too much in the way of competitive backbiting in the salumi world."
- **Watch at 27:32**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG6ROuWhSlc&t=1652s)

### Example 9
> "uh I mean it's minuscule I think that the election has been good humored and fair and it's been precisely what ukip has needed the last thing ukip would have needed is a a leadership election which involved infighting and backbiting and whatnot we didn't have that we had a goodh humored contest and now we can move on right no because the party was so busy uh involved and embroiled in months of chaotic infighting how are you going to deal with"
- **Watch at 1:05**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0zfn-0NrZs&t=65s)

### Example 10
*Accent: US*
> "away rain so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue it is better to dwell"
- **Watch at 94:16**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPVWwDi-aw0&t=5656s)


## How to Pronounce "backbit"

- **Syllables**: bac · kbit
- **IPA**: `/bækkbɪt/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Words

### Word Forms
[backbiting](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/backbiting), [backbiter](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/backbiter)


## Related Pronunciations

[backbite](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/backbite), [babbit](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/babbit), [backbag](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/backbag), [backbar](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/backbar), [backbeat](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/backbeat), [backbent](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/backbent), [backbiter](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/backbiter), [backbites](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/backbites)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “backbit”?
“backbit” is pronounced /bækkbɪt/ (bac · kbit). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “backbit”?
“backbit” has 2 syllables: bac · kbit.

### What does “backbit” mean?
simple past and past participle of backbite

### How can I hear “backbit” used in real sentences?
This page has 15 real-world video examples of “backbit” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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