"talk trash" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-talk trash.ogg [Australia] Forms: talks trash [present, singular, third-person], talking trash [participle, present], talked trash [participle, past], talked trash [past]
Etymology: Phrasal verb from talk (“to speak of, to discuss”) + trash (“a worthless assertion for being untrue”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|talk||to speak of, to discuss}} talk (“to speak of, to discuss”), {{m|en|trash||a worthless assertion for being untrue}} trash (“a worthless assertion for being untrue”) Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} talk trash (third-person singular simple present talks trash, present participle talking trash, simple past and past participle talked trash)
  1. (slang) To untruthfully speak of another in a belittling, deprecative, slighting manner, either in person or in absentia. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Talking Synonyms: slander
    Sense id: en-talk_trash-en-verb-stVFGbsz Disambiguation of Talking: 63 37 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 63 37
  2. (slang) To speak boastfully or tauntingly about oneself in contrast with another person or other people. Tags: slang Synonyms: talk smack, talk shit [slang, vulgar], trash-talk Derived forms: trash talk, trash talking
    Sense id: en-talk_trash-en-verb-Woq2xhlo Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 53 47

Inflected forms

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