Meanings
plural pep talks
- colloquialA rallying speech made to instill enthusiasm and boost confidence.
It's your turn to give a pep talk to the dispirited miners.
1 more example
Homer’s entrepreneurial spirit proves altogether overly infectious. Homer gives Barney a pep talk when he encounters him dressed up like a baby handing out fliers (Barney in humiliating costumes=always funny) and it isn’t long until Barney has purchased a truck of his own and set up shop as the Plow King.
2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in AV Club, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2013Synonyms: pep rally
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA rallying speech made to instill enthusiasm and boost confidence.
Translations
Catalan exhortació, arenga
- exhortacióa rallying speech made to instill enthusiasm
- arengaa rallying speech made to instill enthusiasm
Chinese Mandarin 鼓勵話 /鼓励话, 動員發言 /动员发言
- 鼓勵話 /鼓励话 (gǔlìhuà)a rallying speech made to instill enthusiasm
- 動員發言 /动员发言 (dòngyuán fāyán)a rallying speech made to instill enthusiasm
- 勉勵語 /勉励语 (miǎnlìyǔ)a rallying speech made to instill enthusiasm
Dutch peptalk
- peptalka rallying speech made to instill enthusiasm
Finnish kannustuspuhe
- kannustuspuhea rallying speech made to instill enthusiasm
French exhortation, laïus d'encouragement
- exhortationa rallying speech made to instill enthusiasm
- laïus d'encouragementa rallying speech made to instill enthusiasm
German Aufmunterung, Anfeuerung
- Aufmunterunga rallying speech made to instill enthusiasm
- Anfeuerunga rallying speech made to instill enthusiasm
Hungarian buzdító/lelkesítő beszéd
- buzdító/lelkesítő beszéda rallying speech made to instill enthusiasm
Italian discorso d'incoraggiamento
- discorso d'incoraggiamentoa rallying speech made to instill enthusiasm
Japanese 激励演説, 朝礼
- 激励演説 (gekirei enzetsu)a rallying speech made to instill enthusiasm
- 朝礼 (chōrei)a rallying speech made to instill enthusiasm
Polish mowa podnosząca na duchu
- mowa podnosząca na duchua rallying speech made to instill enthusiasm
Russian воодушевля́ющая речь, зажига́тельная речь
- воодушевля́ющая речь (vooduševljájuščaja rečʹ)a rallying speech made to instill enthusiasm
- зажига́тельная речь (zažigátelʹnaja rečʹ)a rallying speech made to instill enthusiasm
Spanish arenga, mitin
- arengaa rallying speech made to instill enthusiasm
- mitina rallying speech made to instill enthusiasm
Cite this entry
pep talk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pep%20talk
“pep talk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pep%20talk. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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