big talk

noun

Informal.

1. exaggeration; bragging.

Word History and Origins

Origin of big talk¹

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

Example Sentences

What this means is that our family, like so many others, is having the big talk about senior living.

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“My brothers are the ones who goaded me. Well, my one brother, Shale. He kept saying I was all big talk. And I have no idea what’s going to happen because no one has ever used the STM. I’m the first one,” he said.

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He almost destroyed the entire STM demo today with his big talk.

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Enthralled by Burbage’s big talk, John Brayne sold his house, let his business slide and coughed up the money needed to begin construction amid the ruins of a medieval priory.

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For all his big talk about supporting freedom, Kennedy did not seem eager to fight in Berlin.

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