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talked big

talked big is the simple past and past participle of talk big.

Meaning of talk big

Verb

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

  1. (informal, intransitive) To brag; to exaggerate one's abilities or achievements.

Questions about talked big

What is talked big the simple past and past participle of?
Talked big is the simple past and past participle of talk big.

Words near talked big in the dictionary

  1. talked about the weather
  2. talked against time
  3. talked around
  4. talked at
  5. talked back
  6. talked big
  7. talked cock
  8. talked dirty
  9. talked down
  10. talked down to
  11. talked everything

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Adapted from Wiktionary: talked big (page history and authors); talk big (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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