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/tˈɔkɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Talk v. t.

1.

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

2.

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

3.

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

4.

To cause to be or become by talking. "They would talk themselves mad."

To talk over.

(a)

To talk about; to have conference respecting; to deliberate upon; to discuss; as, to talk over a matter or plan.

(b)

To change the mind or opinion of by talking; to convince; as, to talk over an opponent.

talk v. i. (past & past part. talked; pres. part. talking)

1.

To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts. "I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so following, but I will not eat with you."

2.

To confer; to reason; to consult. "Let me talk with thee of thy judgments."

3.

To prate; to speak impertinently. (Colloq.)

To talk of, to relate; to tell; to give an account of; as, authors talk of the wonderful remains of Palmyra. "The natural histories of Switzerland talk much of the fall of these rocks, and the great damage done."

To talk to, to advise or exhort, or to reprove gently; as, I will talk to my son respecting his conduct. (Colloq.)

adjective

Talking adj.

1.

That talks; able to utter words; as, a talking parrot.

2.

Given to talk; loquacious. "The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made."

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Etymology of 'Talking'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Talking" Quotes from Famous Books

... with this. Among his topics of self-humiliation, sufficiently frequent, one was his excess of 'loquacity.' A very shy man, it is often remarked, may shrink from talking, but when he begins to talk he talks enormously. My father, at any rate, had a natural gift for conversation. He could pour out a stream of talk such as, to the best of my knowledge, I have never heard equalled. The gift ...

— The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. - A Judge of the High Court of Justice • Sir Leslie Stephen

... this word is a misprint for maynelas, a diminutive of maina, a talking bird. Delgado (ut supra) describes a bird called maya (Munia jagori—Cab.; Ploceus baya—Blyth.; and Ploceus hypoxantha—Tand.), which resembles the pogo, being smaller and of a cinnamon color, which pipes ...

— History of the Philippine Islands Vols 1 and 2 • Antonio de Morga

... declared. He hated the despondency in her face; he felt a strong desire to see her smiling and happy. He rattled on, talking any nonsense ...

— The Phantom Lover • Ruby M. Ayres

... the tell-tale specks and gleams. In some of the ranges, too, I found the opal in large and small quantities, but soon discovered that the material was too light and brittle for spear-heads, to which curious use I essayed to put this beautiful stone. Talking about spear-heads, in the ranges where I met Jacky Jacky there was a quarry of that kind of stone which was used for the making of war and other implements. It was very much worked, and as you may suppose was a valuable possession ...

— The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont - as told by Himself • Louis de Rougemont

... would tell the same pretty story to a dozen or more other men; so that within an hour's time the whole company would know all about it, and at the same time see his wife walking about with this woman, and talking and whispering to her familiarly. What cared he for Madame Karpathy? She might be as beautiful again as she really was, for aught that he cared; but he reflected that she might cast a shadow on ...

— A Hungarian Nabob • Maurus Jokai

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