talking
谈话,谈论,说话,讲话
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Definitions
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- : to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
- : to consult or confer: Talk with your adviser.
- : to spread a rumor or tell a confidence; gossip.
- : to chatter or prate.
- : to employ speech; perform the act of speaking: to talk very softly; to talk into a microphone.
- : to deliver a speech, lecture, etc.: The professor talked on the uses of comedy in the tragedies of Shakespeare.
- : to give or reveal confidential or incriminating information: After a long interrogation, the spy finally talked.
- : to communicate ideas by means other than speech, as by writing, signs, or signals.
- : Computers. to transmit data, as between computers or between a computer and a terminal.
- : to make sounds imitative or suggestive of speech.
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- : to express in words; utter: to talk sense.
- : to use in speaking or conversing: They talk French together for practice.
- : to discuss: to talk politics.
- : Informal. to focus on; signify or mean; talk about: This isn't a question of a few hundred dollars—we're talking serious money.
- : to bring, put, drive, influence, etc., by talk: to talk a person to sleep; to talk a person into doing something.
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- : the act of talking; speech; conversation, especially of a familiar or informal kind.
- : an informal speech or lecture.
- : a conference or negotiating session: peace talks.
- : report or rumor; gossip: There is a lot of talk going around about her.
- : a subject or occasion of talking, especially of gossip: Your wild escapades are the talk of the neighborhood.
- : mere empty speech: That's just a lot of talk.
- : a way of talking: a halting, lisping talk.
- : language, dialect, or lingo.
- : signs or sounds imitative or suggestive of speech, as the noise made by loose parts in a mechanism.
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- : talk around, to bring over to one's way of thinking; persuade: She sounded adamant over the phone, but I may still be able to talk her around.
- : talk at, to talk to in a manner that indicates that a response is not expected or wanted.to direct remarks meant for one person to another person present; speak indirectly to.
- : talk away, to spend or consume in talking: We talked away the tedious hours in the hospital.
- : talk back, to reply to a command, request, etc., in a rude or disrespectful manner: Her father never allowed them to talk back.
- : talk down, to overwhelm by force of argument or by loud and persistent talking; subdue by talking.to speak disparagingly of; belittle.Also talk in. to give instructions to by radio for a ground-controlled landing, especially to a pilot who is unable to make a conventional landing because of snow, fog, etc.
- : talk down to, to speak condescendingly to; patronize: Children dislike adults who talk down to them.
- : talk of, to debate as a possibility; discuss: The two companies have been talking of a merger.
- : talk out, to talk until conversation is exhausted.to attempt to reach a settlement or understanding by discussion: We arrived at a compromise by talking out the problem.British Politics.to thwart the passage of by prolonging discussion until the session of Parliament adjourns.Compare filibuster.
- : talk over, to weigh in conversation; consider; discuss.to cause to change an opinion; convince by talking: He became an expert at talking people over to his views.
- : talk up, to promote interest in; discuss enthusiastically.to speak without hesitation; speak distinctly and openly: If you don't talk up now, you may not get another chance.
Phrases
- talk around
- talk at
- talk back
- talk big
- talk dirty
- talk down
- talk down to
- talked out
- talk into
- talk of the town, the
- talk out
- talk out of
- talk over
- talk sense
- talk shop
- talk someone's arm off
- talk through one's hat
- talk to
- talk turkey
- talk up
- all talk
- dirty joke (talk dirty)
- double talk
- heart to heart (talk)
- look who's talking
- money talks
- now you're talking
- small talk
- straight talk
- sweet talk
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
A senior Democratic aide tells Fortune the party hopes to continue these talks.
However, with both the NHL and NHL Players’ Association in talks, here is what is under consideration and the timetable for some of these decisions.
In Charlotte, Raydiance Swanston began stocking up on disinfecting wipes, toilet paper and hand sanitizer last month, after seeing a rise in local covid-19 cases and hearing talk of another shutdown.
Baehny declined to comment on whether Moderna and Lonza are in talks about adding more production lines.
Which makes it worth looking back at some of the trash talk a few years ago between LaVar Ball and Hornets owner Michael Jordan.
To borrow an old right-wing talking point, these people are angry no matter what we do.
Parents are talking about it, schools are talking about it, even kids themselves are talking about it.
Talking about death is never easy, but with food, comfort, and familiarity, a new kind of dinner party is making it easier.
But they [Castro and Chito] must have been talking business.
Like his old man, he keeps it reined in, but when talking about fishing, a true regret seeps out.
Poor Squinty ran and tried to hide under the straw, for he knew the boy was talking about him.
I do not care very much how you censor or select the reading and talking and thinking of the schoolboy or schoolgirl.
Her female friend immediately said, "Well, I have been talking away to this dumb man."
Cecilia says they were all talking of it at Maundrell Abbey, where of course it is a peculiarly interesting topic.
Sometimes Grandfather Mole would speak to Mrs. Robin, or her husband; for he could hear them talking.