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trash talk

trash talk is the alternative form of trash-talk.

Meaning of trash-talk

Noun

trash-talk (usually uncountable, plural trash-talks)

  1. (informal, usually) Insults and disparaging comments directed towards a rival.
    Synonyms:
    trash talking

See all 2 meanings of trash-talk

Forms of trash talk

Noun
pluraltrash talks
Verb
third-person singular presenttrash talks
present participletrash talking
past participletrash talked
pasttrash talked

Questions about trash talk

What is trash talk the alternative form of?
Trash talk is the alternative form of trash-talk.

Words near trash talk in the dictionary

  1. trash pulls
  2. trash rack
  3. trash racks
  4. trash sport
  5. trash sports
  6. trash talk
  7. trash talked
  8. trash talker
  9. trash talkers
  10. trash talking
  11. trash talks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: trash talk (page history and authors); trash-talk (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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