Definition of
Talk
- (noun, act) the act of giving a talk to an audience
- (noun, communication) an exchange of ideas via conversation
- (noun, communication) discussion; (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of')
- (noun, communication) idle gossip or rumor
- (noun, communication) a speech that is open to the public
- (verb, communication) deliver a lecture or talk
Did you ever lecture at Harvard? - (verb, communication) divulge confidential information or secrets
- (verb, communication) express in speech
This depressed patient does not verbalize - (verb, communication) reveal information
The former employee spilled all the details - (verb, communication) exchange thoughts; talk with
Actions talk louder than words - (verb, communication) use language
the prisoner won't speak
they speak a strange dialect
via WordNet, Princeton University
Synonyms of Talk
babble, babble out, blab, blab out, lecture, let the cat out of the bag, mouth, peach, public lecture, sing, speak, spill, spill the beans, talk of the town, talking, tattle, utter, verbalise, verbalize
Antonyms of Talk
Alternate forms of Talk
Derivations: talk, talkative, talker, talking, talky
Hyponyms: babble, bark, bay, begin, blab, blabber, blubber, blubber out, blunder, blunder out, blurt, blurt out, bumble, butterfly, cackle, cant, carry on, chalk talk, chant, chat up, chatter, cheek, clack, continue, converse, coquet, coquette, dally, deliver, dialog, dialogue, discourse, dish the dirt, dissertate, dogmatise, dogmatize, drone, drone on, duologue, ejaculate, enthuse, falter, flirt, gabble, generalise, generalize, gibber, go on, gossip, gulp, heart-to-heart, hiss, hold forth, idle words, inflect, intone, jabber, jaw, jazz, level, lip off, malarkey, malarky, mash, maunder, modulate, monologuise, monologuize, mouth off, mumble, murmur, mussitate, mutter, nothingness, open up, orate, palaver, peep, philander, phonate, piffle, pious platitude, pontificate, prate, prattle, preach, present, proceed, prophesy, rabbit on, rant, rap, rasp, rattle on, rave, read, romance, run on, shmooze, shoot one's mouth off, shop talk, shout, sibilate, sing, siss, sizz, slang, slur, smatter, snap, snarl, snivel, soliloquise, soliloquize, speak in tongues, speak up, spiel, spout, stammer, stutter, swallow, talk about, talk down, talk of, talk turkey, tattle, tittle-tattle, tone, troll, twaddle, verbalise, verbalize, vocalise, vocalize, whiff, whine, whisper, wind, yack, yack away, yak, yakety-yak, yap away
Hypernyms: address, break, bring out, comment, communicate, conversation, disclose, discourse, discover, discussion, divulge, expose, give away, gossip, instruct, intercommunicate, learn, lecture, lecturing, let on, let out, reveal, scuttlebutt, speech, teach, tell, treatment, unwrap
Origin of the word Talk
- early 13c., talken, probably a dim. or frequentative form related to M.E. tale "story," ultimately from the same source as tale (cf. hark from hear, stalk from steal) and replacing that word as a verb. E.Fris. has talken "to talk, chatter, whisper." To talk shop is from 1854. To talk turkey is from 1824, supposedly … more
- c.1475, "speech, discourse, conversation," from talk (v.). Meaning "informal lecture or address" is from 1859. Talk of the town first recorded 1624. Talk show first recorded 1965; talk radio is from 1985. more
via Online Etymology Dictionary, ©2001 Douglas Harper
Words that sound like Talk
tailless, taillike, tails, talc, talk show, talkie, talks, talky, tallahassee, tallis, tallish, talus, tautologic, tautology, tayalic, telco, teleology, telex, tellus, telugu, thalassic, thales, thaliacea, thallus, thalweg, the holy see, the like, theologise, theologize, theology, tiliaceae, tillage, tillich, tlc, toeless, toll house cookie, tollhouse, tool case, toolhouse, toothless, toothlike, totalise, totalize, toulouse, tulsa, tutelage
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