"talk dirty" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-talk dirty.ogg [Australia] Forms: talks dirty [present, singular, third-person], talking dirty [participle, present], talked dirty [participle, past], talked dirty [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} talk dirty (third-person singular simple present talks dirty, present participle talking dirty, simple past and past participle talked dirty)
  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To use profane language, especially sexual vulgarities for the purpose of arousal. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Categories (topical): Sex, Talking Related terms: dirty talk Translations (use profane language for the purpose of arousal): puhua tuhmia (Finnish), świntuszyć [imperfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-talk_dirty-en-verb-V-DryjNA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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