What is talk?
What is talk?
- To articulate (words): The baby is talking sentences now.
- To give expression to in words: talk treason.
- To speak of or discuss (something): talk music; talk business;
- To speak or know how to speak in (an idiom or language): talked French with the flight crew.
- To gain, influence, or bring into a specified state by talking: talked me into coming; talked their way out of trouble.
- To spend (a period of time) by or as if by talking: talked the evening away.
- To converse by means of spoken language: We talked for hours. See Synonyms at speak.
- To articulate words: The baby can talk.
- To imitate the sounds of human speech: The parrot talks.
- To express one's thoughts or emotions by means of spoken language: talked about the pros and cons of the issue.
- To convey one's thoughts in a way other than by spoken words: talk with one's hands.
- To express one's thoughts in writing: Voltaire talks about London in this book.
- To parley or negotiate with someone: Let's talk before continuing to fight.
- To spread rumors; gossip: If you do that, people will talk.
- To allude to something: Are you talking about last week?
- To consult or confer with someone: I talked with the doctor.
- To reveal information concerning oneself or others, especially under pressure: Has the prisoner talked?
- Informal To be efficacious: Money talks.
- An exchange of ideas or opinions; a conversation.
- A speech or lecture.
- Hearsay, rumor, or speculation: There is talk of bankruptcy.
- A subject of conversation: a musical that is the talk of the town.
- A conference or negotiation. Often used in the plural: peace talks.
- Jargon; slang: prison talk.
- Empty speech or unnecessary discussion: much talk and no action.