Boastful or insulting speech, especially as intended to demoralize or humiliate an opponent.
‘a game like this promotes smack talk’
‘The smack-talk between Kenyon and 'Toine is starting already.’
‘On a related note, I also play Fantasy Baseball, where you and your buddies draft twenty real-life layers and earn points based on their performances over a season - lots of good, old-fashioned smack-talk and wheelin' and dealin'.’
‘What do you make of all the smack-talk between King Kamali and Craig Titus?’
‘Today, the pre-show hype, the smack-talking, and the arguments over the results are just as entertaining as bodybuilding shows themselves.’
‘So look forward to more controversy, more smack-talking, and even more King, from both a physical and media standpoint, as he looks to come in bigger and better than ever.’
‘No doubt the crowd was piqued by the post-game smack-talking between Latrell Sprewell and Jon Barry, who woofed at each other jaw-to-jaw with a pitifully comic fervor reminiscent of weigh-ins at a heavyweight championship bout.’
‘Another reason today's genteel banter is a far cry from the smack-talking of boxing's former glory days is that many fighters take their behavioral cues from the top dogs of the moment.’
intransitive verb
[no object]informal US
Make boastful or insulting remarks, especially in order to demoralize or humiliate an opponent.
‘I don't smack-talk — I'd rather just be playing hard and putting my focus on the game’
‘Nevertheless, in our regular Sunday class just prior to the race, the boys were smack-talking about how they were going to destroy their old man teacher on the coming Wednesday evening.’
‘Neal Henderson, my coach, and I were smack talking about the Iowa vs. Penn St game Sat night.’
‘The ability to smack talk is a critical skill to being a successful fantasy sports coach.’
‘Im not one to smack talk, but I did post a couple of mentions on Facebook about how cold Chicago was going to be, and said Welcome to Chicago, Patriots on my Twitter and Facebook.’
‘The 21-year-old British sensation is neither flashy nor larger-than-life, forgoing glamour for a refreshingly unrefined persona as a smack-talking rabble-rouser.’
‘Spiezio likes to have fun with players he knows, like Frank Menechino, Oakland's vertically challenged, smack-talking second baseman.’
‘He knows that this role, that of the smack-talking kid you'd really like to smack, is one that will forever shape his image.’
‘Somebody has yet to convince me to see the new Steve Martin comedy, "Bringing Down the House" starring Martin in romantic lead with the smack-talking, but ever-loveable Queen Latifah.’
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