talk tall
1talk tall — To boast • • • Main Entry: ↑talk talk tall and walk tall see under ↑talk and ↑walk1 • • • Main Entry: ↑tall …
2tall´ness — tall «tl», adjective, adverb. –adj. 1. a) higher than the average; having great height; high: »New York has many tall buildings. SYNONYM(S): lofty, towering. See syn. under high. (Cf. ↑high) b) …
3talk — v. & n. v. 1 intr. (often foll. by to, with) converse or communicate ideas by spoken words. 2 intr. have the power of speech. 3 intr. (foll. by about) a have as the subject of discussion. b (in imper.) colloq. as an emphatic statement (talk about …
4tall — [tôl] adj. [ME tal, dexterous, seemly < OE (ge)tæl, swift, prompt, akin to OHG gizal, swift < IE base * del , to aim > TALE, TELL1] 1. of more than normal height or stature [a tall man, a tall building] 2. having a specified height [five …
5tall talk — index rodomontade Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
6walk tall — talk tall and walk tall see under ↑talk and ↑walk1 • • • Main Entry: ↑tall walk tall (informal) To be proud, have self respect • • • Main Entry: ↑walk * * * walk …
7tall story — Synonyms and related words: big talk, blague, bullshit, bunk, bunkum, cock and bull story, exaggeration, fairy tale, falsehood, falsity, fancy talk, farfetched story, farrago, fib, fiction, fine talk, fish story, flam, flimflam, gas, ghost story …
8tall — adj. & adv. adj. 1 of more than average height. 2 of a specified height (looks about six feet tall). 3 higher than the surrounding objects (a tall building). 4 colloq. extravagant or excessive (a tall story; tall talk). adv. as if tall; proudly;… …
9tall — [[t]tɔ͟ːl[/t]] ♦♦♦ taller, tallest 1) ADJ GRADED Someone or something that is tall has a greater height than is normal or average. Being tall can make you feel incredibly self confident... She was a young woman, fairly tall and fairly slim... The …
10tall — tallness, n. /tawl/, adj., taller, tallest, adv. adj. 1. having a relatively great height; of more than average stature: a tall woman; tall grass. 2. having stature or height as specified: a man six feet tall. 3. large in amount or degree;… …
