trash talk
nounDefinition of trash talk
: disparaging, taunting, or boastful comments especially between opponents trying to intimidate each other
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Other Words from trash talk
trash-talk
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trash-talker
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Examples of trash talk in a Sentence
He had to listen to a lot of trash talk from the other players.
Recent Examples on the Web
The fantasy frenzy is felt in the commencement of trash talking via group texts with our buddies in our home leagues as well as high-stakes players packing their bags for Vegas. — Frankie Taddeo, SI.com, "Le'Veon Bell, Sam Darnold Among the 10 Most Undervalued Players in Fantasy Football," 30 Aug. 2019 As seen on the show, Studio 19 has trash talked the ALDC on social media, but also caused tension among the ALDC by sending gifts to former member Sarah and her mom Michelle. — Martha Sorren, Woman's Day, "Everything to Know About Studio 19, Sarah's Old Studio and the ALDC's Newest Rival," 27 Aug. 2019 Good Morning America co-anchor Michael Strahan posted a hilarious throwback video of himself trash talking other NFL players. — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, "'GMA' Star Michael Strahan Posted a Trash-Talking Video and Instagram Is Freaking out Over It," 29 July 2019 Durant said, before calling out Drake’s previous trash talk. — Cady Lang, Time, "Drake, MVP of Trolling, Steals the Show From the Sidelines of the 2019 NBA Finals," 5 June 2019 So, too, will Spence and Porter for an opening bell that might finally silence a couple of more months full of trash talk. — Los Angeles Times, "Errol Spence Jr. and Shawn Porter hype their fight with verbal jabs," 20 July 2019 The trash talk continued on Wednesday, with Krasinski tweeting a video from the TD Garden in Boston at Fischer. — Matt Mcnulty, PEOPLE.com, "John Krasinski Teases Jenna Fischer by Attending Stanley Cup Final with The Office's Roy," 13 June 2019 Still, this is an awful lot of trash talk coming from Intel, which probably isn’t exactly sure where AMD’s chips fall. — Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld, "Intel challenges AMD's Ryzen 3000 CPUs to take the Core i9-9900K's real-world gaming crown," 10 June 2019 The trash talk between the Raptors and the Golden State Warriors has been nonstop during the NBA Finals. — Kendall Trammell, CNN, "Toronto Raptors posted an NBA Finals pregame photo on the wrong bridge," 6 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'trash talk.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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