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    Smack talk

    noun

    • 1. boastful or insulting speech, especially as intended to demoralize or humiliate an opponent: "a game like this promotes smack talk"

    verb

    • 1. make boastful or insulting remarks, especially in order to demoralize or humiliate an opponent: "I don't smack-talk — I'd rather just be playing hard and putting my focus on the game"
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  3. to make critical or insulting comments to someone, especially an opponent: We argue and fight and talk smack to each other. See also. smack talk. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Insults & abuse. abusive. abusively. backhanded compliment.

    • English (US)

      noun [ U ] US informal us / ˈsmæk ˌtɑːk / uk / ˈsmæk ˌtɔːk /...

  4. talk smack. slang To make disparaging, insulting, or abusive comments (about a person, group, or thing). You know, you talk a lot of smack for someone who has yet to show us any moves. Of course those boxers started talking smack—it's a normal part of the pre-match press conference. See also: smack, talk.

  5. noun. : trash talk. smack-talk. ˈsmak-ˌtȯk. verb. Examples of smack talk in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web The Bruins offset the Trojans’ seven blocks in the first half, including one by Bronny James that led to a technical foul for following it up with smack talk, with 10 offensive rebounds.

  6. Aug 29, 2023 · talk smack (third-person singular simple present talks smack, present participle talking smack, simple past and past participle talked smack) ( US) To talk trash; to make insulting comments about someone, especially in an aggressive or confrontational manner.

  7. noun [ U ] US informal us / ˈsmæk ˌtɑːk / uk / ˈsmæk ˌtɔːk / Add to word list. critical or insulting comments made to someone, especially an opponent (= a person who someone is competing against) See also. talk smack. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Insults & abuse. abusively. backhanded compliment. brickbat. contumely.

  8. Smack talk definition: insulting, taunting, or boastful comments, often as a form of banter, as between competitors; trash talk. See examples of SMACK TALK used in a sentence.

  9. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S., esp. in sporting contexts). 1989–. Ostentatiously boastful or insulting banter, often delivered with the intention of demoralizing, intimidating, or humiliating an opponent; self-aggrandizing rhetoric; trash talk. Cf. to talk smack at talk v. Phrases P.13b.

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