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talk
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[ verb ] exchange thoughts; talk with;
Synonyms Examples "We often talk business" also used metaphorically: "Actions talk louder than words" Used in print (Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)Sports_Writer Ensign_Ritchie of the Ogden_Standard_Examiner went_to his compartment to talk with him . The conductor said to Ritchie : `` I do n't think you want to talk to him . He said he had never talked to Liston '' . (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)The more I talked with him , the more convinced I became that that was the secret of their riotous blooming . (Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)These are beginnings , but correctly learned they prepare for satisfying and exciting stunts that can be performed by a strong , flexible body ( we are not talking of eccentric extremes ) . |
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[ verb ] express in speech
Examples "She talks a lot of nonsense" "This depressed patient does not verbalize" Used in print (W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)He had preached a short sermon , trying to talk man-to-man to the audience , to tell them who he was , what he had done in Macon and Birmingham , and what he proposed to do here . Meanwhile , the city itself should be talked to . (John Dos Passos, Midcentury....)Eileen got_to dancing , just a_little tiny dancing step to a hummed tune that you could hardly notice , and trying to pick_up strange men , but each time I was ready to say to_hell_with_it and walk_out she 'd pull herself together and talk so understandingly in that sweet husky voice about the good times and the happiness we 'd had together and there I was back on_the_hook . (Robert L. Duncan, The Voice of Strangers....)Hino talked very little about himself except for the infrequent times when he used a personal illustration in connection with another subject . (Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)- You talk deep . Related terms communicate shout sing whisper deliver mumble read murmur speak_of begin snap stutter bumble blurt_out babble cackle chant rant bark bay chatter gulp yack snivel hiss drone rasp speak_up verbalise inflect enthuse generalize whiff phonate troll speak_in_tongues lip_off chatter swallow open_up slur peep blubber rant speak_up verbalise mouth speaker speech sass utterance speaking verbalization mouthpiece |
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[ noun ] an exchange of ideas via conversation
Synonyms Examples "let's have more work and less talk around here" Used in print (Gibson Winter, The Suburban Captivity of the...)There is much talk in theological circles about the `` Church as Mission '' and the `` Church 's Mission '' ; theologians have been stressing the fact that the Church does not exist for its own sake but as a testimony in the world for the healing of the world . (Tom F. Driver, "Beckett by the Madeleine,"...)His talk turns_to what he calls `` the mess '' , or sometimes `` this buzzing confusion '' . (87th Congress, 1st Session. Congressional Record....)Obviously , we can n't stop them from coming_in , however , just by talk . (Mignon G. Eberhart, The Cup, the Blade...)Yes , she had missed it after her talk with Emile , after dinner , just before Emile was shot . (Edwin Booth, Outlaw Town....)`` You and I have a little talking to do , Jess . Related terms conversation dialogue yak shmooze wind heart-to-heart cant shop_talk |
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[ verb ] use language
Synonyms Examples : "the baby talks already" "the prisoner won't speak" "they speak a strange dialect" Used in print (Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)`` That was Tee-wah I was talking . (Morley Callaghan, A Passion in Rome....)`` You talk so well , Carla '' , he went_on . Related terms |
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[ verb ] divulge information or secrets; spill the beans
Examples "Be careful--his secretary talks" Used in print (Edwin Booth, Outlaw Town....)He had to make Jess talk , and he had to do it before Stacey_Black got curious and came to investigate . `` He found_out about you and Arbuckle talking . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (work,education) a act of giving a talk to an audience
Examples "I attended an interesting talk on local history" Used in print (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)`` Several times I found the players pepping me up , where it usually is the coach who is supposed to deliver the fight talk . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of') discussion
Examples "his poetry contains much talk about love and anger" Used in print (Robert E. Lane, The Liberties of Wit: Humanism, Critici...)Something indirect , mixed , reconciling , tensional might well be the stratagem , the devious technique by which a poet indulged in all kinds of talk about love and anger and even in something like '' expressions `` of these emotions , without aiming at their incitement or even uttering anything that essentially involves their incitement '' . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a speech that is open to the public
Synonyms Examples "he attended a lecture on telecommunications" |
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[ noun ] idle gossip or rumor
Synonyms Examples "there has been talk about you lately" |
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