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bad-talk

bad-talk verb: to disparage something, or to speak maliciously about someone.

Verb

bad-talk (third-person singular simple present bad-talks, present participle bad-talking, simple past and past participle bad-talked)

  1. (Caribbean, Jamaica) To disparage something, or to speak maliciously about someone.

Forms of bad-talk

third-person singular presentbad-talks
present participlebad-talking
past participlebad-talked
pastbad-talked

Questions about bad-talk

What does bad-talk mean?
Bad-talk means to disparage something, or to speak maliciously about someone.
What part of speech is bad-talk?
Bad-talk is a verb.
What is the past tense of bad-talk?
The past tense of bad-talk is bad-talked.

Words near bad-talk in the dictionary

  1. bad-mouth
  2. bad-mouthed
  3. bad-mouthing
  4. bad-mouths
  5. bad-natured
  6. bad-talk
  7. bad-talked
  8. bad-talking
  9. bad-talks
  10. bad-tempered
  11. bad-temperedly

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