trash talk
noun
: disparaging, taunting, or boastful comments especially between opponents trying to intimidate each other
Examples of trash talk in a Sentence
He had to listen to a lot of trash talk from the other players.
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Verse also had a stellar playoff campaign, recovering a fumble against the Minnesota Vikings in the wild card round and following up some trash talk against Eagles fans with two sacks and four solo tackles in the divisional round defeat in Philadelphia.
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Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025
Davies said Fox is currently testing and training machine-learning models that could identify certain triggers—a hit, a kick, some trash talk—and enhance those sounds or dump certain bits of audio without cutting out a feed entirely.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 6 Feb. 2025
And last week against Pedraza, Mercado resisted being sped up by the trash talk coming from a pro-Stevenson crowd turned pro-Pedraza crowd after Mercado’s series of call-outs.
—Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 31 Jan. 2025
There’s usually not even time for trash talk between opponents; that has to wait for the inevitable post-whistle skirmish.
—Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025
Davies said Fox is currently testing and training machine-learning models that could identify certain triggers—a hit, a kick, some trash talk—and enhance those sounds or dump certain bits of audio without cutting out a feed entirely.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 6 Feb. 2025
And last week against Pedraza, Mercado resisted being sped up by the trash talk coming from a pro-Stevenson crowd turned pro-Pedraza crowd after Mercado’s series of call-outs.
—Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 31 Jan. 2025
There’s usually not even time for trash talk between opponents; that has to wait for the inevitable post-whistle skirmish.
—Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Trash talk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trash%20talk. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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