"talk big" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-talk big.ogg [Australia] Forms: talks big [present, singular, third-person], talking big [participle, present], talked big [participle, past], talked big [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} talk big (third-person singular simple present talks big, present participle talking big, simple past and past participle talked big)
  1. (informal, intransitive) To brag; to exaggerate one's abilities or achievements. Tags: informal, intransitive Categories (topical): Talking Synonyms: talk a good game Related terms: big talk Translations (brag): μεγαληγορέω (megalēgoréō) (Ancient Greek), 自誇 (Chinese Mandarin), 自夸 (zìkuā) (Chinese Mandarin), 吹牛 (chuīniú) (Chinese Mandarin), rehvastella (Finnish), leuhkia (Finnish), isotella (Finnish), rehennellä (Finnish), nói khoác (Vietnamese), nói phét (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-talk_big-en-verb-e~o~r6qf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for talk big meaning in English (2.6kB)

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