Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To talk too much.
- To overcome or persuade by talking; talk over.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To talk to excess.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive To
talk too much. - verb transitive To
overcome orpersuade by talking;talk over . - verb transitive To
overstate ;overexaggerate ; talk up to seem greater than what is actual. - noun Excessive talking.
- noun Simultaneous
speech or talk which drowns out all other speakers.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word overtalk.
Examples
-
I stopped getting violent over it, but I still tend to overthink and overtalk it.
-
The word manifesto was his single point he had hoped to be his big applause line so he kept returning to it even so far as to overtalk the answer he asked for as it was being delivered to him by the best minds available.
A terribly painful conversation. Ann Althouse 2009
-
Between Wisconsin and Hawaii and the upcoming debates and March 4th ... well, it'll drown in a sea of overtalk.
Exit Polls: Obama Cut Deep Into Hillary's Core Constituencies 2009
-
MATTHEWS: overtalk, mumbling something incoherent about Dr. Strangelove What do you call, bodily fluids...
Hullabaloo 2008
-
No Mas Faux. tried to watch it, honestly. too much interruption, overtalk, nothing gained by watching, except frustration. like watching jerry springer, ,Hit Him!
Think Progress » The Rendon Group: Proof The Administration Manipulated Intelligence 2005
-
He cursed a thrintun curse and almost strangled on it; his throat positively wasn't built for overtalk.
World of Ptavvs Niven, Larry 1966
-
Matthews 'idea of a "discussion" is to get loud, overtalk, interrupt every four words and do his best to prevent a guest from completing a sentence.
Latest Articles MewsBusters [video] 2010
-
BL: No. (overtalk about taking photos between group)
busplunge Busplunge 2010
-
Matthews 'idea of a "discussion" is to get loud, overtalk, interrupt every four words and do his best to prevent a guest from completing a sentence.
Latest Articles MewsBusters [video] 2010
-
You take any port in a storm, and at least Colmes did not constantly overtalk Alex and let him speak unlike other hosts that have interviewed him.
Infowars 2009
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.