Meanings
present singular third person talks a big game · participle present talking a big game · participle past talked a big game · past talked a big game
- Synonym of talk a good game.
You think you're so fucking cool? Huh? / You think you're so fucking tough? / You talk a lotta big game for someone with such a small truck
2019, 100 gecs, “money machine”, in 1000 gecs1 more example
That’s one way to understand Apple’s empty message about privacy. Tim Cook talks a big game, but at the end of the day, his company is allowing the surveillance-capitalism atrocities it claims to oppose.
2019 January 31, Ian Bogost, “Apple’s Empty Grandstanding About Privacy”, in The AtlanticSynonyms: talk a good game
Synonyms & antonyms
verbSynonym of talk a good game.
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talk a big game. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/talk%20a%20big%20game
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