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talked through one's hat

talked through one's hat is the simple past and past participle of talk through one's hat.

Meaning of talk through one's hat

Verb

talk through one's hat (third-person singular simple present talks through one's hat, present participle talking through one's hat, simple past and past participle talked through one's hat)

  1. (idiomatic) To speak lacking expertise, authority, or knowledge; to invent or fabricate facts.
    • "Mr. Pride said to me a moment ago that they spoke better English in Boston than any other place in the world."
      "Did he, though, Lady Lawless? That's good. Well, I guess he was only talking through his hat."c. 1900, Gilbert Parker, At The Sign Of The Eagle
  2. (idiomatic) To assert something as true or valid; to bluff.
    • No, sir, she yust standing pat, / And vonce more she tal her father, / “Yu ban talking tru yure hat!”1905, “The Norsk Nightingale”, in Popular Mechanics, page 478

Questions about talked through one's hat

What is talked through one's hat the simple past and past participle of?
Talked through one's hat is the simple past and past participle of talk through one's hat.

Words near talked through one's hat in the dictionary

  1. talked the hind leg off a donkey
  2. talked the hind legs off a donkey
  3. talked the leg off the Lamb of God
  4. talked the talk
  5. talked through
  6. talked through one's hat
  7. talked to
  8. talked to a brick wall
  9. talked to God
  10. talked to oneself
  11. talked to Ralph on the big white telephone

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