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talk
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talk
v.
communicate with spoken words, converse, speak; gossip, spread rumors; chitchat; lecture; reveal secret information
n.
conversation; speech, lecture; meeting; rumor; manner of talking
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Talk
Talk may refer to:
- Conversation, interactive communication between two or more people
- Speech, the production of a spoken language
- Interaction, face to face conversations
- Compulsive talking, beyond the bounds of what is considered to be a socially acceptable amount of talking
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talk
Noun
1. an exchange of ideas via conversation; "let's have more work and less talk around here"
(synonym) talking
(hypernym) conversation
(hyponym) cant, pious platitude
(derivation) spill
2. (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of') discussion; "his poetry contains much talk about love and anger"
(hypernym) discussion, treatment, discourse
(derivation) speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
3. the act of giving a talk to an audience; "I attended an interesting talk on local history"
(hypernym) lecture, lecturing
(hyponym) chalk talk
4. a speech that is open to the public; "he attended a lecture on telecommunications"
(synonym) lecture, public lecture
(hypernym) address, speech
(derivation) lecture
5. idle gossip or rumor; "there has been talk about you lately"
(synonym) talk of the town
(hypernym) gossip, comment, scuttlebutt
(derivation) spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out
Verb
1. exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words"
(synonym) speak
(hypernym) communicate, intercommunicate
(hyponym) continue, go on, carry on, proceed
2. express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
(synonym) speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
(hypernym) communicate, intercommunicate
(hyponym) read
(verb-group) verbalize, verbalise
3. use language; "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect"
(synonym) speak
(hypernym) communicate, intercommunicate
(hyponym) run on
(derivation) talking
4. reveal information; "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!"; "The former employee spilled all the details"
(synonym) spill
(hypernym) tell
(verb-group) spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out
(derivation) talking
5. divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks"
(synonym) spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out
(antonym) keep quiet, shut one's mouth, keep one's mouth shut
(hypernym) disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out
(verb-group) spill
(derivation) talk of the town
6. deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"
(synonym) lecture
(hypernym) teach, learn, instruct
(hyponym) preach, prophesy
(derivation) lecture, public lecture
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Talk (der)
nm.
talc, talcum, magnesium silicate powder used for both the treatment of skin rashes and medically as well; talcum powder, type of smooth white powder
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talk (de)
n.
tallow, talc, suet
