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talk trash

talk trash verb: to untruthfully speak of another in a belittling, deprecative, slighting manner, either in person or in absentia.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, slang) To untruthfully speak of another in a belittling, deprecative, slighting manner, either in person or in absentia.
  2. (idiomatic, slang) To speak boastfully or tauntingly about oneself in contrast with another person or other people.
    • "If there's one Celtic that tries to talk smack to me, it will be Paul (Pierce)," Kobe reported. "We're similar in age, have been through some of the same things, so he feels like he can try. But he's not as good at it as I am. I don't talk trash often, but when I do, I go for the jugular." [...]...February 6, 2013, Jackie MacMullan, article: Kobe Bryant Dishes on Celtics, ESPN online
    Synonyms:
    brag, talk smack

talk trash meaning in Bengali

talk trash in Bengali

কারো সম্পর্কে মিথ্যাভাবে অবজ্ঞা, নিন্দা, তুচ্ছতাচ্ছিল্যের সাথে কথা বলা, তা সরাসরি উপস্থিতিতে হোক, অনুপস্থিতিতে

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Forms of talk trash

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

Origin of talk trash

Phrasal verb from talk (“to speak of, to discuss”) + trash (“a worthless assertion for being untrue”).

Words formed from talk trash

Questions about talk trash

What does talk trash mean?
Talk trash means to untruthfully speak of another in a belittling, deprecative, slighting manner, either in person or in absentia.
What is talk trash in Bengali?
Talk trash in Bengali is কারো সম্পর্কে মিথ্যাভাবে অবজ্ঞা, নিন্দা, তুচ্ছতাচ্ছিল্যের সাথে কথা বলা. See Talk trash meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is talk trash?
Talk trash is a verb.
What is the past tense of talk trash?
The past tense of talk trash is talked trash.

Words near talk trash in the dictionary

  1. talk to oneself
  2. talk to Ralph on the big white telephone
  3. talk to the fist
  4. talk to the hand
  5. talk to the hand 'cause the face ain't listening
  6. talk trash
  7. talk truth to power
  8. talk turkey
  9. talk up
  10. talk'd
  11. talk-about-able

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