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overtalk en · NOUN

Etymology

From over- + talk.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Excessive talking.
  2. (countable, uncountable) Simultaneous speech or talk which drowns out all other speakers.

Forms

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overtalks Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

undertalk

overtalk en · VERB

Etymology

From over- + talk.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To talk too much.
  2. (transitive) To overcome or persuade by talking; talk over.
  3. (transitive) To overstate; overexaggerate; talk up to seem greater than what is actual.
    • […] and he panted like a young faan in her fust race with the hounds, for he was overtalkin' his strength, and I feered he would die for sartin ef he didn't fetch up a bit and git rested; […] 1889, William Henry Harrison Murray, The story that the keg told me and The story of the man who didn't:

Forms

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overtalked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overtalked Tense=Past lexicographic
overtalking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overtalks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic