talk smack
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.63 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To talk trash; to make insulting comments about someone, especially in an aggressive or confrontational manner.
American usage
Example Sentences
- "Just as long as they don't come around talking smack to us. But if they ain't in no gang and they live in our area, it's up to them if they join or not."
- "He kept talking smack, his story getting more and more depressing with each lie."
- "Jewish kids learned to distinguish between talking "shit," talking "jive," and talking "smack"."
- "A half-mile away, we slowed down and were slapping hands and talking smack, so impressed with ourselves."
- "And I was talking smack, cracking jokes, playing with Mateo the host. He liked it."
- "because the rest of the table gets to see him talking smack, and he thus establishes himself as a bully without ever having played a hand."
Usage
- American usage