talk smack

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

1. USTo talk trash; to make insulting comments about someone, especially in an aggressive or confrontational manner.

   He kept talking smack, his story getting more and more depressing with each lie.

   1992, Ricardo Cortez Cruz, Straight Outta Compton: A Dive Into Living Large, a Work Where Characters ..., page 10

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   Just as long as they don't come around talking smack to us. But if they ain't in no gang and they live in our area, it's up to them if they join or not.

   1988, Mary G. Harris, Cholas: Latino Girls and Gangs, page 110

   Jewish kids learned to distinguish between talking "shit," talking "jive," and talking "smack".

   1996, Becky W. Thompson, Sangeeta Tyagi, Names We Call Home: Autobiography on Racial Identity, page 32

   A half-mile away, we slowed down and were slapping hands and talking smack, so impressed with ourselves.

   1996, Christopher A. Darden, Jess Walter, In Contempt, page 49

   And I was talking smack, cracking jokes, playing with Mateo the host. He liked it.

   2001, Mark Rackers, Nesting, page 185

   because the rest of the table gets to see him talking smack, and he thus establishes himself as a bully without ever having played a hand.

   2003, John Vorhaus, Killer Poker Online: Crushing the Internet Game, page 180