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overtalking

overtalking is the present participle and gerund of overtalk.

Meaning of overtalk

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

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Questions about overtalking

What is overtalking the present participle and gerund of?
Overtalking is the present participle and gerund of overtalk.

Words near overtalking in the dictionary

  1. overtalkative
  2. overtalkativeness
  3. overtalked
  4. overtalker
  5. overtalkers
  6. overtalking
  7. overtalks
  8. overtame
  9. overtan
  10. overtanned
  11. overtanning

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