trash-talking

trash-talk

(trăsh′tôk′)intr.v. trash-talked, trash-talk·ing, trash-talks To speak disparagingly, often insultingly or abusively about a person or group.
[African American Vernacular English.]
trash′-talk′er n.

trash′-talk`ing


n. the use of disparaging or boastful language. [1985–90, Amer.]