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overtalk

overtalk verb: to talk too much.

Verb

overtalk (third-person singular simple present overtalks, present participle overtalking, simple past and past participle overtalked)

  1. (intransitive) To talk too much.
  2. (transitive) To overcome or persuade by talking; talk over.
  3. (transitive) To overstate; overexaggerate; talk up to seem greater than what is actual.
    • […] and he panted like a young faan in her fust race with the hounds, for he was overtalkin' his strength, and I feered he would die for sartin ef he didn't fetch up a bit and git rested; […]1889, William Henry Harrison Murray, The story that the keg told me and The story of the man who didn't

Noun

overtalk (countable and uncountable, plural overtalks)

  1. Excessive talking.
  2. Simultaneous speech or talk which drowns out all other speakers.

Antonyms of overtalk

  • undertalk

Forms of overtalk

Verb
third-person singular presentovertalks
present participleovertalking
past participleovertalked
pastovertalked
Noun
pluralovertalks

Origin of overtalk

From over- + talk.

Questions about overtalk

What does overtalk mean?
Overtalk means to talk too much.
What part of speech is overtalk?
Overtalk can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of overtalk?
The past tense of overtalk is overtalked.

Words near overtalk in the dictionary

  1. overtaking
  2. overtaking lane
  3. overtaking lanes
  4. overtakings
  5. overtalented
  6. overtalk
  7. overtalkative
  8. overtalkativeness
  9. overtalked
  10. overtalker
  11. overtalkers

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