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Grammar : Verb
Spell : tawk
Phonetic Transcription : tɔk



Definition of talk big

Origin :
  • late 15c., "speech, discourse, conversation," from talk (v.). Meaning "informal lecture or address" is from 1859. Talk of the town first recorded 1620s. Talk show first recorded 1965; talk radio is from 1985.
  • As in overdo : verb go to extremes; carry too far
  • As in preach : verb lecture, moralize
  • As in profess : verb declare, assert
  • As in bluster : verb bully, intimidate
  • As in boast : verb brag
  • As in declaim : verb proclaim; get on a soapbox
Example sentences :
  • What did Mr. Stein mean sending a boy like that to talk big to an old servant?
  • Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad
  • I came to Paris by myself to talk big business with Thomery.
  • Extract from : « Messengers of Evil » by Pierre Souvestre
  • I may have to talk big, and twelve ounces of lead lend weight to an argument.
  • Extract from : « The Message » by Louis Tracy
  • Of course they talk big about honesty and all that stuff, but that's only their guff.
  • Extract from : « Poor White » by Sherwood Anderson
  • "You talk big when Zoraida's eyes are not on you," said Kendric.
  • Extract from : « Daughter of the Sun » by Jackson Gregory
  • She used to talk big things about me, and the rest used to laugh at her.
  • Extract from : « Mary Marston » by George MacDonald
  • We strut and talk big; we call the politicians sharks, the soldiers fools; but does it do any good?
  • Extract from : « Aunt Jane's Nieces in the Red Cross » by Edith Van Dyne
  • Tell thy soldiers, then, not to be too fierce, and not to talk big words.
  • Extract from : « Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China » by Evariste Regis Huc
  • They had, in order to be consistent and to talk big about morality, to include novels in their scheme of scavenging.
  • Extract from : « Books and Persons » by Arnold Bennett
  • In vain they deny their peril, affect to bluster and talk big; their real alarm peeps through the flimsy cloak of bravado.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 64, No. 397, November 1848 » by Various

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