trash-talker

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Recent Examples of trash-talker Hoiberg’s adversary Thursday in Houston, Iowa’s Ben McCollum — in the first Sweet 16 ever for Nebraska and first in 27 years for Iowa — just sent it right back the other way to vicious trash-talker Todd Golden amid a shocker over Florida. Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
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Noun
  • The outraged heckler with his face painted doesn’t represent most sports-watchers.
    Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 11 May 2026
  • Yes, freedom of expression applies to hecklers, too.
    Editorial, Boston Herald, 9 May 2026
Noun
  • Pedro Báez joined the Los Angeles pen in 2014 and assumed the role of Goldschmidt’s primary tormentor.
    Zack Meisel, New York Times, 4 May 2026
  • Brendan Carr, tormenter in chief of the broadcast networks, made his way around the room, as did Lachlan Murdoch, the CEO of Fox Corporation.
    Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 26 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • On May 8, the alleged harasser, Alex Jenkinson, appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court via live link and was ordered to stay away from several royal residences.
    Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
  • Of course, that conservative approach is often wrecked by QB harassers such as Lawrence and Williams, part of a defense that ranked seventh in the NFL in sacks.
    Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Put bluntly, Clark’s detractors are not serious people.
    Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026
  • An Avalanche detractor can say Sunday is not the recipe for playoff success.
    Peter Baugh, New York Times, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • Incredibly, one of Schiller's torturers, Jorge Delgado - the Sun Gym member who had first told Lugo about Schiller and his millions - ended up helping the federal government make their case.
    Troy Roberts, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • His torturers shattered his hands and paraded him around the stadium, taunting him to try to play his guitar.
    Christina Hioureas, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The 40-year-old singer Ryan Davis, a cowboy wiseacre with a drum machine and the patience for 11-minute anthems, riffs merrily on such existential mysteries.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025
  • In 1982’s hit action comedy 48 Hours, a young Eddie Murphy plays a wiseacre criminal on parole in order to help a veteran cop, played by Nick Nolte, solve a case.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 4 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Third-graders would learn about the Road to Damascus, which tells the story of Paul’s transformation from an early persecutor of Christians into a follower.
    Heather Hollingsworth, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Third graders would learn about the Road to Damascus, which tells the story of Paul's transformation from an early persecutor of Christians into a follower.
    CBS News, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The ending with Raiden and the others is all fans get in terms of a tease for a sequel.
    Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 9 May 2026
  • So that tease at the end has seeds for acres and acres of stories.
    Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026

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“Trash-talker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trash-talker. Accessed 15 May. 2026.

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