Definitions for talk

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talk talk

Spelling: [tawk]

IPA: /tɔk/

Talk is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 27 anagrams from letters in talk (aklt).

Definitions for talk

noun

1. the act of talking; speech; conversation, especially of a familiar or informal kind.
2. an informal speech or lecture.
3. a conference or negotiating session:
4. report or rumor; gossip:
5. a subject or occasion of talking, especially of gossip:
6. mere empty speech:
7. a way of talking:
8. language, dialect, or lingo.
9. signs or sounds imitative or suggestive of speech, as the noise made by loose parts in a mechanism.

Idioms

1. talk big, Informal. to speak boastingly; brag:
2. talk someone's head / ear off, to bore or weary someone by excessive talk; talk incessantly:
3. talk to death, to impede or prevent the passage of (a bill) through filibustering. to talk to incessantly or at great length.

Verb phrases

1. talk around, to bring (someone) over to one's way of thinking; persuade:
2. talk at, to talk to in a manner that indicates that a response is not expected or wanted. to direct remarks meant for one person to another person present; speak indirectly to.
3. talk away, to spend or consume (time) in talking:
4. talk back, to reply to a command, request, etc., in a rude or disrespectful manner:
5. talk down, to overwhelm by force of argument or by loud and persistent talking; subdue by talking. to speak disparagingly of; belittle. Also, talk in. to give instructions to by radio for a ground-controlled landing, especially to a pilot who is unable to make a conventional landing because of snow, fog, etc.
6. talk down to, to speak condescendingly to; patronize:
7. talk of, to debate as a possibility; discuss:
8. talk out, to talk until conversation is exhausted. to attempt to reach a settlement or understanding by discussion: British Politics. to thwart the passage of (a bill, motion, etc.) by prolonging discussion until the session of Parliament adjourns. Compare filibuster (def 5).
9. talk over, to weigh in conversation; consider; discuss. to cause (someone) to change an opinion; convince by talking:
10. talk up, to promote interest in; discuss enthusiastically. to speak without hesitation; speak distinctly and openly:

verb (used with object)

1. to express in words; utter:
2. to use (a specified language or idiom) in speaking or conversing:
3. to discuss:
4. Informal. (used only in progressive tenses) to focus on; signify or mean; talk about:
5. to bring, put, drive, influence, etc., by talk:

verb (used without object)

1. to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking:
2. to consult or confer:
3. to spread a rumor or tell a confidence; gossip.
4. to chatter or prate.
5. to employ speech; perform the act of speaking:
6. to deliver a speech, lecture, etc.:
7. to give or reveal confidential or incriminating information:
8. to communicate ideas by means other than speech, as by writing, signs, or signals.
9. Computers. to transmit data, as between computers or between a computer and a terminal.
10. to make sounds imitative or suggestive of speech.

Origin of talk

1175-1225; Middle English talk(i)en to converse, speak, derivative (with -k suffix) of tale speech, discourse, tale; cognate with Frisian (E dial.) talken

Examples for talk

And he's likely to talk the most execrable slang, or to quote Browning.

What celebrity has started to talk about his or her eating disorder?

The laughter and talk were as little subdued as the scheme of the rooms.

They rile me—that talk about 'people in the humbler walks of life.'

Those who come to the Dinner Party are self-selecting; they do want to talk about it.

People can talk all they want to about your bein' just a dub—I won't believe 'em.

Earlier this week, Huckabee ended his Fox News talk show so he could spend time mulling another bid for the Republican nomination.

I haven't told you yet the reason—a new reason—why you must talk to Avice.

I need to resist my urge to talk them into my truth, just so I can feel more comfortable and secure.

Hopefully not overly close, but we talk about it in the episode how similar it is.