overtalk

verb, noun — 5 senses

overtalk

verb

Etymology From over- + talk.

1

To talk too much.

2

To overcome or persuade by talking; talk over.

3

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:

overtalk

noun

Etymology From over- + talk.

1

Excessive talking.

2

Simultaneous speech or talk which drowns out all other speakers.

Antonyms
undertalk

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