English Explanatory Dictionary

talk up

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To talk about (something or someone) to make it seem as good as possible or to draw positive attention to it.
  2. To talk louder.
  3. To speak in a plain and candid way, or with bold impudence.

Pronunciation

En-au-talk up.ogg

Word forms

talk up talks up talking up talked up

Synonyms

big up promote speak up

Related words

chat up
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on T Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary