ALL meanings of talk
talk
T t - intransitive verb talk speak 1
- intransitive verb talk discuss 1
- noun talk lecture 1
- noun talk topic of conversation 1
- noun talk conversation 1
- noun talk way of speaking 1
- noun talk gossip 1
- noun talk not action 1
- noun,plural talk negotiations 1
- intransitive verb talk reveal secrets 1
- intransitive verb talk give a lecture 1
- intransitive verb talk have power 1
- verb without object talk to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry. 1
- verb without object talk to consult or confer: Talk with your adviser. 1
- verb without object talk to spread a rumor or tell a confidence; gossip. 1
- verb without object talk to chatter or prate. 1
- verb without object talk to employ speech; perform the act of speaking: to talk very softly; to talk into a microphone. 1
- verb without object talk to deliver a speech, lecture, etc.: The professor talked on the uses of comedy in the tragedies of Shakespeare. 1
- verb without object talk to give or reveal confidential or incriminating information: After a long interrogation, the spy finally talked. 1
- verb without object talk to communicate ideas by means other than speech, as by writing, signs, or signals. 1
- verb without object talk Computers. to transmit data, as between computers or between a computer and a terminal. 1
- verb without object talk to make sounds imitative or suggestive of speech. 1
- verb with object talk to express in words; utter: to talk sense. 1
- verb with object talk to use (a specified language or idiom) in speaking or conversing: They talk French together for practice. 1
- verb with object talk to discuss: to talk politics. 1
- verb with object talk Informal. (used only in progressive tenses) to focus on; signify or mean; talk about: This isn't a question of a few hundred dollars—we're talking serious money. 1
- verb with object talk to bring, put, drive, influence, etc., by talk: to talk a person to sleep; to talk a person into doing something. 1
- noun talk the act of talking; speech; conversation, especially of a familiar or informal kind. 1
- noun talk an informal speech or lecture. 1
- noun talk a conference or negotiating session: peace talks. 1
- noun talk report or rumor; gossip: There is a lot of talk going around about her. 1
- noun talk a subject or occasion of talking, especially of gossip: Your wild escapades are the talk of the neighborhood. 1
- noun talk mere empty speech: That's just a lot of talk. 1
- noun talk a way of talking: a halting, lisping talk. 1
- noun talk language, dialect, or lingo. 1
- noun talk signs or sounds imitative or suggestive of speech, as the noise made by loose parts in a mechanism. 1
- idioms talk talk big, Informal. to speak boastingly; brag: He always talked big, but never amounted to anything. 1
- idioms talk talk someone's head / ear off, to bore or weary someone by excessive talk; talk incessantly: All I wanted was a chance to read my book, but my seatmate talked my ear off. 1
- idioms talk talk to death, to impede or prevent the passage of (a bill) through filibustering. to talk to incessantly or at great length. 1
- verb transitive talk to put into a specified condition, state of mind, etc. by talking 0
- noun talk the act of talking; speech 0
- noun talk conversation, esp. of an informal nature 0
- noun talk a speech, esp. a somewhat informal one 0
- noun talk a formal discussion; conference 0
- noun talk rumor; gossip 0
- noun talk the subject of conversation, gossip, etc. 0
- noun talk empty or frivolous remarks, discussion, or conversation 0
- noun talk a particular kind of speech; dialect; lingo 0
- noun talk sounds, as by an animal, suggestive of speech 0
- verb talk When you talk, you use spoken language to express your thoughts, ideas, or feelings. 0