Definition of Talk

Verb: talk  tok

  1. Exchange thoughts; convey ideas
    "Actions talk louder than words"; "We often talk business";
    - speak
     
  2. Express in speech
    "She talks a lot of nonsense";
    - speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise [Brit]
     
  3. Use language
    "the baby talks already";
    - speak
     
  4. Reveal information
    "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!";
    - spill
     
  5. Divulge confidential information or secrets
    "Be careful--his secretary talks";
    - spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out
     
  6. Deliver a lecture or talk
    "She will talk at Rutgers next week";
    - lecture
Noun: talk  tok
  1. An exchange of ideas via conversation
    "let's have more work and less talk around here";
    - talking
     
  2. Discussion; ('talk about' is a less formal alternative for 'discussion of')
    "his poetry contains much talk about love and anger"
     
  3. The act of giving a talk to an audience
    "I attended an interesting talk on local history"
     
  4. A speech that is open to the public
    "he attended a talk on telecommunications";
    - lecture, public lecture
     
  5. Idle gossip or rumour
    "there has been talk about you lately";
    - talk of the town

See also:
talismans
talkable

Anagrams containing the word talk

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