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talking through one's hat

talking through one's hat is the present participle and gerund 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 talking through one's hat

What is talking through one's hat the present participle and gerund of?
Talking through one's hat is the present participle and gerund of talk through one's hat.

Words near talking through one's hat in the dictionary

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

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