talk
IPA: tˈɔk
noun
- A conversation or discussion; usually serious, but informal.
- A lecture.
- (uncountable) Gossip; rumour.
- (preceded by the; often qualified by a following of) A major topic of social discussion.
- (preceded by the) A customary conversation by parent(s) or guardian(s) with their (often teenaged) child about a reality of life; in particular:
- A customary conversation in which parent(s) explain sexual intercourse to their child.
- (US) A customary conversation in which the parent(s) of a black child explain the racism and violence they may face, especially when interacting with police, and strategies to manage it.
- (uncountable, not preceded by an article) Empty boasting, promises or claims.
- (usually in the plural) Meeting to discuss a particular matter.
verb
- (intransitive) To communicate, usually by means of speech.
- (transitive, informal) To discuss; to talk about.
- (transitive) To speak (a certain language).
- (transitive, informal, chiefly used in progressive tenses) Used to emphasise the importance, size, complexity etc. of the thing mentioned.
- (intransitive, slang) To confess, especially implicating others.
- (intransitive) To criticize someone for something of which one is guilty oneself.
- (intransitive) To gossip; to create scandal.
- (informal, chiefly used in progressive tenses) To influence someone to express something, especially a particular stance or viewpoint or in a particular manner.
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Examples of "talk" in Sentences
- He is talking palaver.
- It's hard to talk with a smoker.
- The bootless talk went on and on.
- The girl is talkative and lambent.
- I can tell that she is talking a sooth.
- In the book, there is a talking martin.
- He talks the populist talk, while walking the elitist walk.
- Don't tell me you are too bashful to even show up on the Talk page.
- As it happened, I'd say he ran amuck on Jimbo's talk page and elsewhere.
- When we say matter, it simply talks about the principle of individuation.