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talks through one's hat

talks through one's hat is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 talks through one's hat

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Talks through one's hat is the third-person singular simple present indicative of talk through one's hat.

Words near talks through one's hat in the dictionary

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

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