talk trash
"talk-trash" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“talk trash” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To untruthfully speak of another in a belittling, deprecative, slighting manner, either in person or in absentia.
Corpus desk
Index EN-talk-trash · talk trash · English
talk trash · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | talk trash |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “talk trash” in English
Rare enough to double-check
talk trash is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for talk trash in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Phrasal verb from talk (“to speak of, to discuss”) + trash (“a worthless assertion for being untrue”). The correct English form is talk trash, spelled T-A-L-K- -T-R-A-S-H.
Definition
- 1To untruthfully speak of another in a belittling, deprecative, slighting manner, either in person or in absentia.
- 2To speak boastfully or tauntingly about oneself in contrast with another person or other people.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how talk trash appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"If there's one Celtic that tries to talk smack to me, it will be Paul (Pierce)," Kobe reported. "We're similar in age, have been through some of the same things, so he feels like he can try. But he's not as good at it as I am. I don't talk trash often, but when I do, I go for the jugular." … "(Today's younger players) don't seem to want to talk any trash…
Etymology
Phrasal verb from talk (“to speak of, to discuss”) + trash (“a worthless assertion for being untrue”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.