1. (v.i.)talk to communicate or exchange ideas or information by speaking.
2. talk to consult or confer: Talk with your adviser.
3. talk to spread a rumor; gossip.
4. talk to chatter or prate.
5. talk to use speech; perform the act of speaking.
6. talk to deliver a speech or lecture: The professor talked on modern physics.
7. talk to give confidential or incriminating information: The spy talked during interrogation.
8. talk to communicate by means other than speech, as by writing, signs, or signals.
9. talk to make sounds imitative or suggestive of speech.
10. (v.t.)talk to express in words; utter: to talk sense.
11. talk to use (a specified language or idiom) in speaking or conversing: They talk French together.
12. talk to discuss: to talk politics.
13. talk to drive or influence by talk: to talk a person to sleep.
14. talk talk around,
15. talk to avoid discussion of.
16. talk talk down,
17. talk to subdue by talking, as by argument.
18. talk to speak condescendingly.
19. talk Also, talk in. to give landing instructions to (a pilot) by radio.
20. talk talk out,
21. talk to try to clarify or resolve by discussion.
22. talk talk out of, to dissuade, as from doing, using, etc.
23. talk talk over,
24. talk to consider; discuss.
25. talk talk up,
26. talk to promote with enthusiastic description.
27. talk to speak openly or distinctly.
28. (n.)talk the act of talking; speech.
29. talk an informal speech or lecture.
30. talk a conference or negotiating session: peace talks.
31. talk rumor; gossip.
32. talk empty speech: all talk and no results.
33. talk a way of talking: quiet talk.
34. talk dialect or lingo.
35. talk sounds suggestive of speech.
Etymology: (1175–1225; ME talk(i)en, der. of tale speech, discourse, tale ; c. Fris (E dial.) talken)
Definition of 'talk'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)talk, talking an exchange of ideas via conversation "let's have more work and less talk around here"
2. (noun)talk discussion; (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of') "his poetry contains much talk about love and anger"
3. (noun)talk the act of giving a talk to an audience "I attended an interesting talk on local history"
4. (noun)lecture, public lecture, talk a speech that is open to the public "he attended a lecture on telecommunications"
5. (verb)talk, talk of the town idle gossip or rumor "there has been talk about you lately"
6. (verb)talk, speak exchange thoughts; talk with "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words"
7. (verb)talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise express in speech "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
8. (verb)speak, talk use language "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect"
9. (verb)spill, talk reveal information "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!"; "The former employee spilled all the details"
10. (verb)spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out divulge confidential information or secrets "Be careful--his secretary talks"
11. (verb)lecture, talk deliver a lecture or talk "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"
1. (verb)talk to use words to communicate The baby can't talk yet.; We were talking about our vacation.; Who's that guy she's talking to?; to talk on the phone
2. talk to discuss sth You two need to talk.; I decided to talk to my boss.; Let's not talk business tonight.
3. talk I'm/we're talking sth used to give an impressive or surprising example She earns a lot. We're talking millions.; Talk about lazy - she didn't even offer to help.
4. talk talk tough to say sth to show how determined you are to do or change sth The governor has been talking tough about crime.
5. talk you're (a fine) one to talk used to say that sb does the same thing that they are criticizing sb else for doing "Why is he always late?" "You're one to talk - you just got here a minute ago!"
6. (noun)talk a discussion I had a talk with my daughter about sex.
7. talk a speech Professor Winston is giving a talk on 18th century England.
8. talk words sb uses without actions to support them Unless you do something, it's just talk.
9. talk information that may not be true; = rumors There was talk in the office about a merger.
Definition of 'talk'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)talk to utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts
2. (noun)talk to confer; to reason; to consult
3. (noun)talk to prate; to speak impertinently
4. (noun)talk 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
5. (noun)talk report; rumor; as, to hear talk of war
6. (noun)talk subject of discourse; as, his achievment is the talk of the town
7. (verb)talk to speak freely; to use for conversing or communicating; as, to talk French
8. (verb)talk to deliver in talking; to speak; to utter; to make a subject of conversation; as, to talk nonsense; to talk politics
9. (verb)talk to consume or spend in talking; -- often followed by away; as, to talk away an evening
10. (verb)talk to cause to be or become by talking
Definitions of 'talk'
The Roycroft Dictionary
talk To open and close the mouth rapidly while the bellows in the throat pumps out the gas in the brain.