Overtalk
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Excessive talking. countable, uncountable
- 2 Simultaneous speech or talk which drowns out all other speakers. countable, uncountable
Verb
- 1 To talk too much. intransitive
- 2 To overcome or persuade by talking; talk over. transitive
- 3 To overstate; overexaggerate; talk up to seem greater than what is actual. transitive
"[…] 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; […]"
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More examples"[…] 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; […]"
Etymology
From over- + talk.