talk shit

verb

To untruthfully speak of another in a belittling, deprecative, slighting manner, either in person or in absentia.

“Talk shit, get hit.”

Meanings

verbtalk shit (third-person singular simple present talks shit, present participle talking shit, simple past and past participle talked shit)

present singular third person talks shit · participle present talking shit · participle past talked shit · past talked shit

  1. slangvulgarTo untruthfully speak of another in a belittling, deprecative, slighting manner, either in person or in absentia.

    Talk shit, get hit.

    1 more example

    No, but the point of the story is you guys would be a good couple, but anyways, the thing is, is yo, this girl is blurping his business to shorties like me, and what I don’t like is if the business is true that you left your moms in the hood, somebody go smoke that yute; you don’t leave your moms nowhere — you have money and you left your moms there? Yo, you’re sick to my stomach, fam — but if it’s not true, shorties just talking shit.

    2023 March 8, Seeking Success Podcast, 49:14 from the start, in THE WORST TORONTO ACCENT... IF THE BUSINESS IS TRUE...| Plushh, Plushh (actor)

    Synonyms: misrepresent, slander, talk trash, talk shite, assassinate, asperse, backbite, badmouth

  2. slangvulgarTo speak nonsense or to lie.

    Yo, man, Bobby was here, an' he was talkin' all kinds of shit about how many girlfriends he's had; y'all know that he ain't had a girlfriend since a girl had him.

    Synonyms: bullshit, chat shit, chat shite, misrepresent, talk shite

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo untruthfully speak of another in a belittling, deprecative, slighting manner, either in person or in absentia.

verbTo speak nonsense or to lie.

Origin

From talk (“to speak of, to discuss”) + shit (“nonsense, "bullshit"”).

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Afrikaans kak praat
  • kak praatto speak ill of something or someone
Chinese Mandarin 口嗨, 亂說 /乱说
  • 口嗨 (kǒuhāi)to speak ill of something or someone
  • 亂說 /乱说 (luànshuō)to talk nonsense or to lie
  • 亂講 /乱讲 (luànjiǎng)to talk nonsense or to lie
  • 胡說 /胡说 (húshuō)to talk nonsense or to lie
  • 胡扯 (húchě)to talk nonsense or to lie
  • 胡說八道 /胡说八道 (húshuō bādào)to talk nonsense or to lie
  • 瞎掰 (xiābāi)to talk nonsense or to lie
Dutch poep praten
  • poep pratento talk nonsense or to lie
Finnish pilkata, puhua paskaa
  • pilkatato speak ill of something or someone
  • puhua paskaato talk nonsense or to lie
German Scheiße erzählen
  • Scheiße erzählento talk nonsense or to lie
Hebrew לכלך, לכלך
  • לכלך (likhlékh)to speak ill of something or someone
  • לכלך (likhlékh)to talk nonsense or to lie
Japanese 戯言を言う
  • 戯言を言うto talk nonsense or to lie
Korean 씹다, 헛소리 하다
  • 씹다 (ssipda)to speak ill of something or someone
  • 헛소리 하다 (heotsori hada)to talk nonsense or to lie
Polish oczerniać, oczernić
  • oczerniaćto speak ill of something or someone
  • oczernićto speak ill of something or someone
  • obgadywaćto speak ill of something or someone
  • obgadaćto speak ill of something or someone
  • pierdolićto talk nonsense or to lie
  • pieprzyć głupotyto talk nonsense or to lie
Portuguese falar mal, falar merda
  • falar malto speak ill of something or someone
  • falar merdato talk nonsense or to lie
Romanian lua la pulă, mânca căcat
  • lua la pulăto speak ill of something or someone
  • mânca căcatto talk nonsense or to lie
Russian обсира́ть, хуесо́сить
  • обсира́ть (obsirátʹ)to speak ill of something or someone
  • хуесо́сить (xujesósitʹ)to speak ill of something or someone
  • пизде́ть (pizdétʹ)to talk nonsense or to lie
Spanish rajar de, cuerear
  • rajar deto speak ill of something or someone
  • cuerearto speak ill of something or someone
  • hablar mierdato talk nonsense or to lie
Tagalog buswa, yawyaw
  • buswato talk nonsense or to lie
  • yawyawto talk nonsense or to lie
Cite this entry
APA

talk shit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/talk%20shit

MLA

“talk shit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/talk%20shit. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “talk shit,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/talk%20shit.

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