talk

talk
talk [n1] speech, address to group allocution, chalk talk*, declamation, descant, discourse, disquisition, dissertation, epilogue, exhortation, expatiation, harangue, homily, lecture, monologue, oration, peroration, prelection, recitation, screed, sermon, spiel*; concepts 60,285 —Ant. listening talk [n2] gossip allusion, badinage, banter, blather*, bombast, bunk*, buzz*, cant, chat, chatter, chitchat, conversation, cry, gab, grapevine*, hearsay, hint, hot air*, idle talk, innuendo, insinuation, jaw*, jive*, lip*, noise, nonsense*, palaver, persiflage, prose, racket*, raillery, report, rot*, rubbish*, rumble*, rumor, scuttlebutt*, small talk, tête-è-tête, trash*, yarn*; concepts 51,278 talk [n3] discussion argument, colloquy, conclave, confabulation, conference, consultation, conversation, deliberation, dialogue, earful, encounter, eyeball-to-eyeball*, huddle*, interlocution, interview, meeting, negotiation, palaver, parlance, parley, powwow*, seminar, spiel*, straight talk, symposium, ventilation, visit; concept 56 —Ant. silence talk [n4] communication with language argot, chatter, dialect, discourse, jargon, lingo, locution, parlance, patois, slang, speaking, speech, utterance, verbalization, vocalization, words; concepts 47,65 —Ant. silence talk [v1] produce words; inform articulate, babble, broach, chant, chat, chatter, comment on, communicate, confess, converse, describe, divulge, drawl, drone, express, flap one’s tongue*, gab, gabble*, give voice to, gossip, influence, intone, notify, palaver, parley, patter, persuade, prate, prattle, pronounce, reveal, rhapsodize, run on*, say, sing*, soliloquize, speak, spill the beans*, spout, squeak*, squeal*, talk one’s leg off*, tell, tell all*, use, utter, ventriloquize, verbalize, voice, yak*; concepts 60,266 —Ant. listen talk [v2] discuss with another argue, be in contact, canvass, carry on conversation, chew*, collogue, commune, confabulate, confer, confide, consult, contact, deliberate, dialogue, engage in conversation, exchange, go into a huddle*, groupthink*, have a meet*, hold discussion, huddle*, interact, interface, interview, join in conversation, keep in touch*, negotiate, network*, palaver, parley, reach out, reason, relate, thrash out*, touch*, touch base*, vent, visit; concept 56 —Ant. refrain, refuse talk [v3] address group accost, deliver a speech, discourse, give a talk, give speech, harangue, hold forth, induce, influence, lecture, orate, persuade, pitch, prelect, sermonize, speak, spiel*, spout*, stump*, sway*; concepts 60,285 —Ant. listen

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  • talk — [tôk] vi. [ME talken (akin to Fris, to chatter), prob. freq. based on OE talian, to reckon, akin to talu,TALE] 1. a) to put ideas into, or exchange ideas by, spoken words; speak; converse b) to express something in words; make a statement (of, on …   English World dictionary

  • talk — Ⅰ. talk UK US /tɔːk/ verb [I] ► to say things or speak to someone: talk about/of sth »In Tokyo markets, the only thing people want to talk about is the budget problem. talk to/with sb »I need to talk to the Sales Manager directly. »She was… …   Financial and business terms

  • Talk to Me — may refer to:In television and film: * Talk to Me (1996 film), a television film starring Yasmine Bleeth and Ricky Paull Goldin. * Talk to Me (2007 film), a film starring Don Cheadle and Chiwetel Ejiofor * Talk to Me (TV series), a British drama… …   Wikipedia

  • Talk — Talk, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Talked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Talking}.] [Cf. LG. talk talk, gabble, Prov. G. talken to speak indistinctly; or OD. tolken to interpret, MHG. tolkan to interpret, to tell, to speak indistinctly, Dan. tolke to interpret, Sw.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Talk — pueder referirse a: Computación Talk, un programa de Unix. Google Talk, un programa de mensajería instantánea. Música Talk, un single de Coldplay. Talk, un álbum de Yes. Talk Talk, una banda de música inglesa. Talk, un single de Tracy Bonham.… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Talk — Talk, v. t. 1. To speak freely; to use for conversing or communicating; as, to talk French. [1913 Webster] 2. To deliver in talking; to speak; to utter; to make a subject of conversation; as, to talk nonsense; to talk politics. [1913 Webster] 3.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • talk — talk; talk·abil·i·ty; talk·able; talk·a·thon; talk·a·tive; talk·a·tive·ly; talk·a·tive·ness; talk·ee talk·ee; talk·er; talk·ie; …   English syllables

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  • talk — ► VERB 1) speak in order to give information or express ideas or feelings. 2) have the power of speech. 3) (talk over/through) discuss (something) thoroughly. 4) (talk back) reply defiantly or insolently. 5) (talk down to) speak patroniz …   English terms dictionary

  • Talk — Talk, n. 1. The act of talking; especially, familiar converse; mutual discourse; that which is uttered, especially in familiar conversation, or the mutual converse of two or more. [1913 Webster] In various talk the instructive hours they passed.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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