tall talk
NOUN
exaggeration
Synonyms
WEAK
aggrandizement
amplification
baloney
boasting
caricature
crock
elaboration
embroidery
enlargement
exaltation
excess
extravagance
fabrication
falsehood
fancy
fantasy
figure of speech
fish story
flight of fancy
hogwash
hyperbole
hyperbolism
inflation
jazz
line
magnification
misjudgment
misrepresentation
overemphasis
overestimation
overstatement
pretension
pretentiousness
rant
romance
stretch
tall story
untruth
whopper
yarn
Example Sentences
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Tall-talk is tedious, but one must not flinch When asked the task to tackle; And he's no Frenchman true who, at a pinch, Cannot both crow and cackle.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, September 17, 1892 by Various
