Definition of "pep talk" []

• Informal A speech of exhortation, as to a team or staff, meant to instill enthusiasm or bolster morale. (noun)

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• "The head of the SFF, as it turned out, had not come to chastise Sexton, but rather to give him a pep talk and tell him the battle was not yet over."
• "Eric has given me a pep talk this morning, reminding me that no matter what Emma Wasserstein does, she cannot put words in my mouth."
• "Tristan stood in the upstairs bathroom mirror, giving himself a pep talk as he finished putting on his aftershave—Unforgivable—a favorite scent of Deeva’s."