ALL meanings of talking
talk
T t - verb without object talking to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry. 1
- verb without object talking to consult or confer: Talk with your adviser. 1
- verb without object talking to spread a rumor or tell a confidence; gossip. 1
- verb without object talking to chatter or prate. 1
- verb without object talking to employ speech; perform the act of speaking: to talk very softly; to talk into a microphone. 1
- verb without object talking to deliver a speech, lecture, etc.: The professor talked on the uses of comedy in the tragedies of Shakespeare. 1
- verb without object talking to give or reveal confidential or incriminating information: After a long interrogation, the spy finally talked. 1
- verb without object talking to communicate ideas by means other than speech, as by writing, signs, or signals. 1
- verb without object talking Computers. to transmit data, as between computers or between a computer and a terminal. 1
- verb without object talking to make sounds imitative or suggestive of speech. 1
- verb with object talking to express in words; utter: to talk sense. 1
- verb with object talking to use (a specified language or idiom) in speaking or conversing: They talk French together for practice. 1
- verb with object talking to discuss: to talk politics. 1
- verb with object talking 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 talking to bring, put, drive, influence, etc., by talk: to talk a person to sleep; to talk a person into doing something. 1
- noun talking the act of talking; speech; conversation, especially of a familiar or informal kind. 1
- noun talking an informal speech or lecture. 1
- noun talking a conference or negotiating session: peace talks. 1
- noun talking report or rumor; gossip: There is a lot of talk going around about her. 1
- noun talking a subject or occasion of talking, especially of gossip: Your wild escapades are the talk of the neighborhood. 1
- noun talking mere empty speech: That's just a lot of talk. 1
- noun talking a way of talking: a halting, lisping talk. 1
- noun talking language, dialect, or lingo. 1
- noun talking signs or sounds imitative or suggestive of speech, as the noise made by loose parts in a mechanism. 1
- idioms talking talk big, Informal. to speak boastingly; brag: He always talked big, but never amounted to anything. 1
- idioms talking 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 talking talk to death, to impede or prevent the passage of (a bill) through filibustering. to talk to incessantly or at great length. 1
- noun talking activity: speaking 1
- adjective talking who speaks, that speaks 1
- adjective talking that can speak 1
- noun talking the act of expressing one's thoughts, feelings, or desires by means of words; speaking 0
- adjective talking having the ability to talk 0
- noun talking the act of a person who talks; discussion; conversation 0
- adjective talking that talks; talkative 0