ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Trash-talk

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Trash-talk is a noun meaning (informal) Insults and disparaging comments directed towards a rival.

Meaning

(informal) Insults and disparaging comments directed towards a rival.

More Meanings

  1. (informal, transitive) To insult a rival in a disparaging way.

Example Sentences

Paret trash-talked Griffith. Paret called him queer.

Word Forms

Synonyms for trash-talk

Depending on context, synonyms include trash talking, assassinate, asperse, backbite, badmouth, befoul.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include trashtalk, bad-talk, scuttlebutt, backtalk, slag, sass.

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