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smack talk

smack talk noun: insulting speech, especially when intended to irritate or annoy someone.

Noun

smack talk (uncountable)

  1. (slang) Insulting speech, especially when intended to irritate or annoy someone.

Verb

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

  1. (slang) To talk in an insulting way intended to irritate or annoy someone.
    • I smartassed and smack-talked half of the interview, but as I relaxed a bit more and genuinely talked with them, a strange thing happened.2012, Storm Large, Crazy Enough: A Memoir
    • Maybe we’ll playfully 'smack-talk a fellow friend, or commiserate about some schleppy aspect of parenthood.2025 May 25, Sam Graham-Felsen, “Where Have All My Deep Male Friendships Gone?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 25 May 2025

Forms of smack talk

Noun
alternative formsmack-talk
Verb
third-person singular presentsmack talks
present participlesmack talking
past participlesmack talked
pastsmack talked

Questions about smack talk

What does smack talk mean?
Smack talk means insulting speech, especially when intended to irritate or annoy someone.
What part of speech is smack talk?
Smack talk can be a noun or a verb.

Words near smack talk in the dictionary

  1. smack bang
  2. smack dab
  3. smack down
  4. smack in the face
  5. smack out
  6. smack talk
  7. smack talked
  8. smack talking
  9. smack talks
  10. smack up
  11. smack-dab

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