Definitions for talk
tɔktalk

Princeton's WordNet(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. talk, talkingnoun

   an exchange of ideas via conversation

   "let's have more work and less talk around here"

2. talknoun

   discussion; (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of')

   "his poetry contains much talk about love and anger"

3. talknoun

   the act of giving a talk to an audience

   "I attended an interesting talk on local history"

4. lecture, public lecture, talknoun

   a speech that is open to the public

   "he attended a lecture on telecommunications"

5. talk, talk of the townverb

   idle gossip or rumor

   "there has been talk about you lately"

6. talk, speakverb

   exchange thoughts; talk with

   "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words"

7. talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbaliseverb

   express in speech

   "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"

8. speak, talkverb

   use language

   "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect"

9. spill, talkverb

   reveal information

   "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!"; "The former employee spilled all the details"

10. spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab outverb

    divulge confidential information or secrets

    "Be careful--his secretary talks"

11. lecture, talkverb

    deliver a lecture or talk

    "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. talknoun

   A conversation or discussion.

   We need to have a talk about your homework.

2. talknoun

   A lecture.

   There's a talk about Shakespeare on tonight.

3. talknoun

   (After the) A major topic of social discussion.

4. talknoun

   (Without an article) Empty boasting, promises or claims.

   The party leader's speech was all talk.

5. talkverb

   To communicate, usually by means of speech.

   Although I don't speak Chinese I managed to talk with the villagers using signs and gestures.

6. talkverb

   To discuss.

7. talkverb

   Confess, especially implicating others.

   Suppose he talks? She can be relied upon not to talk. They tried to make me talk.

8. talkverb

   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.

9. talkverb

   Gossip; create scandal.

   People will talk. Aren't you afraid the neighbours will talk?

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Talknoun

   to utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts

2. Talknoun

   to confer; to reason; to consult

3. Talknoun

   to prate; to speak impertinently

4. Talkverb

   to speak freely; to use for conversing or communicating; as, to talk French

5. Talkverb

   to deliver in talking; to speak; to utter; to make a subject of conversation; as, to talk nonsense; to talk politics

6. Talkverb

   to consume or spend in talking; -- often followed by away; as, to talk away an evening

7. Talkverb

   to cause to be or become by talking

8. Talknoun

   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

9. Talknoun

   report; rumor; as, to hear talk of war

10. Talknoun

    subject of discourse; as, his achievment is the talk of the town

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Talk

   Talk was an American magazine published from 1999 to 2001. When it was launched as a joint venture between Miramax and Hearst Publishing, under the editorship of Tina Brown, it generated notoriety for its celebrity profiles and interviews. The cover story of the debut issue was an interview with Hillary Clinton, which took place shortly after the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal, in which she explained that her husband Bill Clinton had a chronic need to please women. However, the magazine never became a commercial success, and was shut down in 2002.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Talk

   tawk, v.i. to speak familiarly: to prattle: to reason.—n. familiar conversation: that which is uttered in familiar intercourse: subject of discourse: rumour.—adjs. Talk′able, capable of talking, or of being talked about; Talk′ative, given to much talking: prating.—adv. Talk′atively.—ns. Talk′ativeness; Talk′ee-talk′ee, a corrupt dialect: incessant chatter—also adj. Talk′y-talk′y.—n. Talk′er.—adj. Talk′ing, given to talking.—Talk against time, to keep on talking merely to fill up time, as often in parliament: Talk big, to talk boastfully; Talk down, to argue down; Talk from the point, to wander away from the proper question; Talk Greek, to talk above the understanding of one's hearers; Talking of, apropos of, with regard to; Talk over, to persuade, convince: to discuss, consider together; Talk round, to exhaust the subject: to bring to one's way of thinking by persuasive talk; Talk shop (see Shop); Talk to, to address: to rebuke; Talk up, to speak impudently or boldly to. [Prof. Skeat takes the M. E. talken from Scand., and that from Lithuanian; Sw. tolka (Ice. túlka), to interpret—Lith. tulkas, an interpreter. Prob., however, the M. E. talken is talen, talien, to speak, with formative -k, giving a freq. or dim. force; cf. Tale.]

The Roycroft Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. talk

   To open and close the mouth rapidly while the bellows in the throat pumps out the gas in the brain.

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. TALK

   A continuous performance playing daily and nightly engagements, with Woman as the star and Man confined in the Family Circle.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. talk

   Among the Indians of North America, a public conference, as respecting peace or war, negotiation, and the like; or an official verbal communication made from them to another nation or its agents, or made to them by the same.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. talk

   To speak using language, words and sound.

   To talk is a gift which we all realize and value.

   Submitted by MaryC on January 12, 2020  

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1. TALK

   What does TALK stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the TALK acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Matched Categories

1. • Communicate
   • Conversation
   • Discussion
   • Lecture
   • Teach
   • Tell

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'talk' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #931

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'talk' in Written Corpus Frequency: #352

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'talk' in Nouns Frequency: #444

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'talk' in Verbs Frequency: #66

How to pronounce talk?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

How to say talk in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of talk in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of talk in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of talk in a Sentence

1. Kevin Wagner:

   News Talk Florida is a purple state that neither side can win, and that’s increasingly uncommon [ nationally ]. news Talk Florida is News Talk Florida and a very expensive state to run in.

2. Elijah Cummings:

   I say to the president: No more talk, no more tweet. No more commotion, emotion and motion and no results.

3. P. G. Wodehouse:

   ...the shifty, hangdog look which announces that an Englishman is about to talk French.

4. Meng Hu:

   I've been talking nonstop, my throat gets really hoarse. [ In this job, ] you need to talk a lot, because your mood is contagious. You can't just do things halfway. Only when you talk enthusiastically can you get your audience excited.

5. Christina Stauffer:

   It's not cool to talk about climate change when you're getting a check cut from the oil companies for you.

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