overtalk
English
Etymology
Verb
overtalk (third-person singular simple present overtalks, present participle overtalking, simple past and past participle overtalked)
- (intransitive) To talk too much.
- (transitive) To overcome or persuade by talking; talk over.
- (transitive) To overstate; overexaggerate; talk up to seem greater than what is actual.
- 1889, William Henry Harrison Murray, The story that the keg told me and The story of the man who didn't
- […] and he panted like a young faan in her fust race with the hounds, for he was overtalkin' his strength, and I feered he would die for sartin ef he didn't fetch up a bit and git rested; […]
- 1889, William Henry Harrison Murray, The story that the keg told me and The story of the man who didn't
Noun
overtalk (countable and uncountable, plural overtalks)
- Excessive talking.
- Simultaneous speech or talk which drowns out all other speakers.