trash-talk

noun

Insults and disparaging comments directed towards a rival.

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Meanings

nountrash-talk (usually uncountable, plural trash-talks)

plural trash-talks · alternative trash talk · alternative trashtalk

  1. informaluncountableusuallyInsults and disparaging comments directed towards a rival.

    Synonyms: trash talking

verbtrash-talk (third-person singular simple present trash-talks, present participle trash-talking, simple past and past participle trash-talked)

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

  1. informaltransitiveTo insult a rival in a disparaging way.

    Paret trash-talked Griffith. Paret called him queer.

    2004 [2000], James Ellroy, Destination: Morgue!, Vintage Books, →ISBN, page 6

    Synonyms: talk shit, talk trash, talk shite, assassinate, asperse, backbite, badmouth, befoul

Synonyms & antonyms

nounInsults and disparaging comments directed towards a rival.

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trash talking

verbTo insult a rival in a disparaging way.

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Also see
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APA

trash-talk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trash-talk

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trash-talk,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trash-talk.

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