trash-talk
trash-talk noun: insults and disparaging comments directed towards a rival.
Noun
trash-talk (usually uncountable, plural trash-talks)
- Insults and disparaging comments directed towards a rival.
- Synonyms:
- trash talking
Verb
trash-talk (third-person singular simple present trash-talks, present participle trash-talking, simple past and past participle trash-talked)
- To insult a rival in a disparaging way.
- Paret trash-talked Griffith. Paret called him queer.2004 [2000], James Ellroy, Destination: Morgue!, Vintage Books, →ISBN, page 6
- Synonyms:
- talk shit, talk trash, talk shite, assassinate, asperse, backbite, badmouth, befoul, belibel, besmirch
Synonyms of trash-talk
Forms of trash-talk
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | trash-talks |
| alternative form | trash talk |
| alternative form | trashtalk |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | trash-talks |
| present participle | trash-talking |
| past participle | trash-talked |
| past | trash-talked |
Questions about trash-talk
- What does trash-talk mean?
- Trash-talk means insults and disparaging comments directed towards a rival.
- What part of speech is trash-talk?
- Trash-talk can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of trash-talk?
- The plural of trash-talk is trash-talks.
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