talk up

verb

talked up; talking up; talks up

transitive verb

: to discuss favorably : advocate, promote

talk up the new product

intransitive verb

: to speak up plainly or directly

Synonyms

• ballyhoo
• boost
• hype
• pitch
• plug
• promote
• publicize
• tout

Examples of talk up in a Sentence

the director and actors are making the obligatory rounds of the late-night shows to talk up their new movie

feel free to talk up if you have any objections

Recent Examples on the Web

Several of the biggest names — from Dakota Fanning and Norman Reedus to Jon Cryer and Andrew McCarthy — have also popped into PEOPLE and EW's photo booth, talking up their exciting new projects along the way. —Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 10 June 2024

In a recent chat with former Google CEO Eric Schmidt in Los Angeles, Kutcher specifically talked up the benefits of Sora, OpenAI’s generative video tool, Deadline said. —Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 7 June 2024

First, River Oaks residents began talking up Always Cooking. —Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2024

Central banks, scientific breakthroughs, and Zoom were taming the effects of COVID-19, which hopeful pundits had initially talked up as a possible catalyst for progressive political transformation. —Walter Scheidel, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1722, in the meaning defined at transitive sense