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talk someone's head off

talk
T t

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [tawk]
    • /tɔk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [tawk]
    • /tɔk/

Definitions of talk someone's head off words

  • verb without object talk someone's head off to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry. 1
  • verb without object talk someone's head off to consult or confer: Talk with your adviser. 1
  • verb without object talk someone's head off to spread a rumor or tell a confidence; gossip. 1
  • verb without object talk someone's head off to chatter or prate. 1
  • verb without object talk someone's head off to employ speech; perform the act of speaking: to talk very softly; to talk into a microphone. 1
  • verb without object talk someone's head off to deliver a speech, lecture, etc.: The professor talked on the uses of comedy in the tragedies of Shakespeare. 1
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Origin of talk someone's head off

First appearance:

before 1175
One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; Middle English talk(i)en to converse, speak, derivative (with -k suffix) of tale speech, discourse, tale; cognate with Frisian (E dial.) talken

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Parts of speech for Talk someone's head off

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
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exclamation
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talk someone's head off popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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