talk big

T t

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [tawk big]
- /tɔk bɪg/
- /tɔːk bɪɡ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [tawk big]
- /tɔk bɪg/

Definitions of talk big words

verb without object talk big to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry. 1
verb without object talk big to consult or confer: Talk with your adviser. 1
verb without object talk big to spread a rumor or tell a confidence; gossip. 1
verb without object talk big to chatter or prate. 1
verb without object talk big to employ speech; perform the act of speaking: to talk very softly; to talk into a microphone. 1
verb without object talk big to deliver a speech, lecture, etc.: The professor talked on the uses of comedy in the tragedies of Shakespeare. 1

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Origin of talk big

First appearance:

before 1175

One of the 8% oldest English words

1175-1225; Middle English talk(i)en to converse, speak, derivative (with -k suffix) of tale speech, discourse, tale; cognate with Frisian (E dial.) talken

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Parts of speech for Talk big

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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talk big popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for talk big

verb talk big

bloviate — to talk at length, esp in an insubstantial but inflated manner
blow smoke — (Idiomatic) To speak with a lack of credibility, sense, purpose, or truth; to speak nonsense.
bluster — If you say that someone is blustering, you mean that they are speaking aggressively but without authority, often because they are angry or offended.
boast — If someone boasts about something that they have done or that they own, they talk about it very proudly, in a way that other people may find irritating or offensive.
cock-a-doodle-doo — an imitation or representation of a cock crowing

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