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Talk

verb

(past & past part. talked; pres. part. talking)

1.

Exchange thoughts; talk with. Synonym: speak. "Actions talk louder than words"

2.

Express in speech. Synonyms: mouth, speak, utter, verbalise, verbalize. "This depressed patient does not verbalize"

3.

Use language. Synonym: speak. "The prisoner won't speak" , "They speak a strange dialect"

4.

Reveal information. Synonym: spill. "The former employee spilled all the details"

5.

Divulge confidential information or secrets. Synonyms: babble, babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, sing, spill the beans, tattle. Antonym: keep quiet.

6.

Deliver a lecture or talk. Synonym: lecture. "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"

noun

1.

An exchange of ideas via conversation. Synonym: talking.

2.

Discussion; ('talk about' is a less formal alternative for 'discussion of').

3.

The act of giving a talk to an audience.

4.

A speech that is open to the public. Synonyms: lecture, public lecture.

5.

Idle gossip or rumor. Synonym: talk of the town.

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"Talk" Quotes from Famous Books

... flooded her, drowning resentment and fear. She rose, went slowly up to him; she laid her hand softly upon his brow, pushed back his long, yellow hair. The touch of her fingers seemed to smooth the wild, horrible look from his features. As she gazed down at him the tears welled into her eyes. "I won't talk against him," she said simply. "He's dead—it's ...

— The Fortune Hunter • David Graham Phillips

... old Glegg a long, soft talk, an' seeks to imboo him with ca'mness. He relates how Abby an' the pinfeather sport dotes on each other; an' counsels old Glegg not to come pesterin' about with ...

— Wolfville Nights • Alfred Lewis

... that indeed is part of the interest of the place. There is no noise there save distinctly human noise; no rumbling, no vague uproar, nor rattle of wheels and hoofs. It is all articulate and vocal and personal. One may say indeed that Venice is emphatically the city of conversation; people talk all over the place because there is nothing to interfere with its being caught by the ear. Among the populace it is a general family party. The still water carries the voice, and good Venetians exchange confidences at a distance of half a mile. It ...

— Italian Hours • Henry James

... "You mustn't talk that way, 'Lias, though it are a shame," said Mother as she looked closely at the injured paw. "The bone's all crushed. I'll tell you what to do; just take him around to Doctor Tom's office and he'll fix it in no time for you, in a way I couldn't never do. He won't even ...

— The Road to Providence • Maria Thompson Daviess

... "there's a perfect view for you. Talk about Scotland and the Alps! Give me a view of the valley of Ell from the top of Dead Man's Mount on an autumn evening, and I never want to see anything finer. I have always loved it from a boy, and always shall so long as I live—look at those oaks, ...

— Colonel Quaritch, V.C. - A Tale of Country Life • H. Rider Haggard

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