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talk cock

talk cock verb: to talk nonsense.

Verb

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

  1. (Malaysia, Singapore, informal) To talk nonsense.
    • It was at this Parliament sitting, during an intense 40-minute exchange between Ling How Doong and Lee Hsien Loong, that Ling uttered the phrase "Don't talk cock," which became famous for all the wrong reasons in the annals of Singaporean parliamentary history.2019, Loke Hoe Yeong, “14: Regrouping”, in The First Wave
  2. (Singapore, informal) To engage in idle chatter.

Forms of talk cock

third-person singular presenttalks cock
present participletalking cock
past participletalked cock
pasttalked cock

Origin of talk cock

Either a calque of Hokkien 講𡳞鳥話 /讲𡳞鸟话 (kóng lān-chiáu-ōe), from 講話／讲话 (kóng-ōe, “talk”) + 𡳞鳥／𡳞鸟 (lān-chiáu, “cock (penis)”), or influenced by the English phrase cock-and-bull story.

Questions about talk cock

What does talk cock mean?
Talk cock means to talk nonsense.
What part of speech is talk cock?
Talk cock is a verb.
What is the past tense of talk cock?
The past tense of talk cock is talked cock.

Words near talk cock in the dictionary

  1. talk at
  2. talk back
  3. talk big
  4. talk box
  5. talk boxes
  6. talk cock
  7. talk dirty
  8. talk down
  9. talk down to
  10. talk everything
  11. talk fast and loose

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