talk rot

  • 1talk rot — {v. phr.} To say silly things; talk nonsense. * /He s talking rot when he says that our company is almost bankrupt./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 2talk rot — {v. phr.} To say silly things; talk nonsense. * /He s talking rot when he says that our company is almost bankrupt./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 3talk\ rot — v. phr. To say silly things; talk nonsense. He s talking rot when he says that our company is almost bankrupt …

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  • 4rot — ► VERB (rotted, rotting) 1) decompose by the action of bacteria and fungi; decay. 2) gradually deteriorate or decline. ► NOUN 1) the process of decaying. 2) rotten or decayed matter. 3) ( …

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  • 5rot — n. 1) black; creeping; dry rot 2) (misc.) to talk rot ( to talk nonsense ) * * * [rɒt] creeping dry rot black (misc.) to talk rot ( to talk nonsense ) …

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  • 6rot — rot1 [rɔt US ra:t] v past tense and past participle rotted present participle rotting [: Old English; Origin: rotian] 1.) [I and T] to decay by a gradual natural process, or to make something do this ▪ Candy will rot your teeth. ▪ The trees were… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 7rot — [[t]rɒ̱t[/t]] rots, rotting, rotted 1) V ERG When food, wood, or another substance rots, or when something rots it, it becomes softer and is gradually destroyed. If we don t unload it soon, the grain will start rotting in the silos... [V n]… …

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  • 8rot — 1 verb 1 (I, T) to decay by a gradual natural process, or to make something do this: Sugar rots your teeth. | the stench of rotting eggs 2 rot in jail/prison etc to get into a bad mental or physical condition because you have been forced to stay… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 9rot — verb (rots, rotting, rotted) 1》 decompose by the action of bacteria and fungi; decay. 2》 gradually deteriorate or decline. noun 1》 the process of decaying.     ↘rotten or decayed matter. 2》 (the rot) Brit. a process of deterioration; a decline in …

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  • 10rot — Noun. Nonsense. E.g. Don t talk rot! What you ve just said is total nonsense …

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