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talk shite

talk shite verb: to talk badly about something.

Verb

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

  1. (Ireland, UK, slang, vulgar, very uncommon) To talk badly about something.
  2. (Ireland, UK, slang, vulgar, very uncommon) To talk nonsense or to lie.

Synonyms of talk shite

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Forms of talk shite

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

Questions about talk shite

What does talk shite mean?
Talk shite means to talk badly about something.
What part of speech is talk shite?
Talk shite is a verb.
What is the past tense of talk shite?
The past tense of talk shite is talked shite.

Words near talk shite in the dictionary

  1. talk radio
  2. talk round
  3. talk sense
  4. talk shit
  5. talk shit, get hit
  6. talk shite
  7. talk shop
  8. talk shops
  9. talk show
  10. talk shows
  11. talk smack

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