Definitions for talon

talon tal·on

Spelling: [tal-uh n]
IPA: /ˈtæl ən/

Talon is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 60 anagrams from letters in talon (alnot).

Definitions for talon

noun

  1. a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
  2. the shoulder on the bolt of a lock against which the key presses in sliding the bolt.
  3. Cards. the cards left over after the deal; stock.

Origin of talon

1350-1400; Middle English taloun Anglo-French; Old French talon Vulgar Latin *tālōn-, stem of *tālō, for Latin tālus heel

Examples for talon

It is better to play cards from the talon rather than from the wings.

Look closer and you'll see that only a talon could have made a gash like that.

These cards are placed on an inclined plane of marble, called a talon.

We are only strong as tigers are strong—just the strength of the talon and fang.

In the following year both Courcelles and talon were recalled at their own request.

Must their ever-ravening eagles beak and talon annihilate us?

Fierce of aspect, ruthless in beak and talon, 'the eagles were gathered together.'

He had been sent by talon to investigate the copper mines of Lake Superior.

They will forsake this place, every one—claw and talon, upright and fours, every one.

By November, 1671, talon wrote that there were enough horses.

Word Value for talon
Scrable

5

Words with friends

7

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