Definitions for talktɔk

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

talktɔk(v.i.)

to communicate or exchange ideas or information by speaking.
to consult or confer:
Talk with your adviser.
to spread a rumor; gossip.
to chatter or prate.
to use speech; perform the act of speaking.
to deliver a speech or lecture:
The professor talked on modern physics.
to give confidential or incriminating information:
The spy talked during interrogation.
to communicate by means other than speech, as by writing, signs, or signals.
to make sounds imitative or suggestive of speech.
(v.t.)to express in words; utter:
to talk sense.
to use (a specified language or idiom) in speaking or conversing:
They talk French together.
to discuss:
to talk politics.
Informal.(used only in progressive tenses) to focus on; talk about:
This isn't a question of a few hundred dollars - we're talking serious money.
Category: Common Vocabulary, Informal
to drive or influence by talk:
to talk a person to sleep.
talk around, to avoid discussion of.
Category: Verb Phrase
talk back,to reply in a disrespectful manner.
Category: Idiom
talk down, to subdue by talking, as by argument. to speak condescendingly. Also, talk in. to give landing instructions to (a pilot) by radio.
Category: Verb Phrase, Aeronautics
talk out, to try to clarify or resolve by discussion.
Category: Verb Phrase
talk out of, to dissuade, as from doing, using, etc.
Category: Verb Phrase
talk over, to consider; discuss.
Category: Verb Phrase
talk up, to promote with enthusiastic description. to speak openly or distinctly.
Category: Verb Phrase
(n.)the act of talking; speech.
an informal speech or lecture.
a conference or negotiating session:
peace talks.
rumor; gossip.
empty speech:
all talk and no results.
a way of talking:
quiet talk.
dialect or lingo.
sounds suggestive of speech.

Origin of talk:

1175–1225; ME talk(i)en, der. of tale speech, discourse, tale ; c. Fris (E dial.) talken

talk′er(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

talk, talking(noun)
an exchange of ideas via conversation
"let's have more work and less talk around here"
talk(noun)
discussion; (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of')
"his poetry contains much talk about love and anger"
talk(noun)
the act of giving a talk to an audience
"I attended an interesting talk on local history"
lecture, public lecture, talk(noun)
a speech that is open to the public
"he attended a lecture on telecommunications"
talk, talk of the town(verb)
idle gossip or rumor
"there has been talk about you lately"
talk, speak(verb)
exchange thoughts; talk with
"We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words"
talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise(verb)
express in speech
"She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
speak, talk(verb)
use language
"the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect"
spill, talk(verb)
reveal information
"If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!"; "The former employee spilled all the details"
spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out(verb)
divulge confidential information or secrets
"Be careful--his secretary talks"
lecture, talk(verb)
deliver a lecture or talk
"She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

talk(verb)ɔk
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
talkɔk
to discuss sth
You two need to talk.; I decided to talk to my boss.; Let's not talk business tonight.
talkɔk
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.
talkɔk
to say sth to show how determined you are to do or change sth
The governor has been talking tough about crime.
talkɔk
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!"
talk(noun)ɔk
a discussion
I had a talk with my daughter about sex.
talkɔk
a speech
Professor Winston is giving a talk on 18th century England.
talkɔk
words sb uses without actions to support them
Unless you do something, it's just talk.
talkɔk
information that may not be true; = rumors
There was talk in the office about a merger.

Wiktionary

talk(Noun)
A conversation or discussion.
We need to have a talk about your homework.
talk(Noun)
A lecture.
There's a talk about Shakespeare on tonight.
talk(Noun)
(After the) A major topic of social discussion.
talk(Noun)
(Without an article) Empty boasting, promises or claims.
The party leader's speech was all talk.
talk(Verb)
To communicate, usually by means of speech.
Although I don't speak Chinese I managed to talk with the villagers using signs and gestures.
talk(Verb)
To discuss.
talk(Verb)
Confess, especially implicating others.
Suppose he talks? She can be relied upon not to talk. They tried to make me talk.
talk(Verb)
Criticize someone for something of which one is guilty oneself.
I am not the one to talk. She is a fine one to talk. You should talk. Look who's talking.
talk(Verb)
Gossip; create scandal.
People will talk. Aren't you afraid the neighbours will talk?

Webster Dictionary

Talk(noun)
to utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts
Talk(noun)
to confer; to reason; to consult
Talk(noun)
to prate; to speak impertinently
Talk(verb)
to speak freely; to use for conversing or communicating; as, to talk French
Talk(verb)
to deliver in talking; to speak; to utter; to make a subject of conversation; as, to talk nonsense; to talk politics
Talk(verb)
to consume or spend in talking; -- often followed by away; as, to talk away an evening
Talk(verb)
to cause to be or become by talking
Talk(noun)
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
Talk(noun)
report; rumor; as, to hear talk of war
Talk(noun)
subject of discourse; as, his achievment is the talk of the town