English Explanatory Dictionary

overtalk

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  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.
noun
  1. Excessive talking.
  2. Simultaneous speech or talk which drowns out all other speakers.

Word forms

overtalk overtalks overtalking overtalked

Etymology

From over- + talk.

Antonyms

undertalk
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