smack talk

noun

Insulting speech, especially when intended to irritate or annoy someone.

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Meanings

nounsmack talk (uncountable)

alternative smack-talk

  1. slanguncountableInsulting speech, especially when intended to irritate or annoy someone.
verbsmack talk (third-person singular simple present smack talks, present participle smack talking, simple past and past participle smack talked)

present singular third person smack talks · participle present smack talking · participle past smack talked · past smack talked · alternative smack-talk

  1. slangTo talk in an insulting way intended to irritate or annoy someone.

    Maybe we’ll playfully 'smack-talk a fellow friend, or commiserate about some schleppy aspect of parenthood.

    2025 May 25, Sam Graham-Felsen, “Where Have All My Deep Male Friendships Gone?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 25 May 2025
    1 more example

    I smartassed and smack-talked half of the interview, but as I relaxed a bit more and genuinely talked with them, a strange thing happened.

    2012, Storm Large, Crazy Enough: A Memoir
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