Definitions of talk in various dictionaries:
noun -
an exchange of ideas via conversation
noun -
discussion
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the act of giving a talk to an audience
noun -
a speech that is open to the public
noun -
idle gossip or rumor
verb -
exchange thoughts
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express in speech
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use language
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reveal information
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divulge confidential information or secrets
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deliver a lecture or talk
To articulate (words): The baby is talking sentences now.
To give expression to in words: talk treason.
To speak of or discuss (something): talk music; talk business.
To speak or know how to speak in (an idiom or a language): talked French with the flight crew.
To gain, influence, or bring into a specified state by talking: talked me into coming; talked their way out of trouble.
To spend (a period of time) by or as if by talking: talked the evening away.
To articulate words: The baby can talk.
To imitate the sounds of human speech: The parrot talks.
To express one’s thoughts or emotions by means of spoken language: talked about the pros and cons of the issue.
To convey one’s thoughts in a way other than by spoken words: talk with one’s hands.
To express one’s thoughts in writing: Voltaire talks about London in this book.
To parley or negotiate with someone: Let’s talk before continuing to fight.
To spread rumors; gossip: If you do that, people will talk.
To consult or confer with someone: I talked with the doctor.
To be efficacious: Money talks.
An exchange of ideas or opinions; a conversation.
A speech or lecture.
Hearsay, rumor, or speculation: There is talk of bankruptcy.
A subject of conversation: a musical that is the talk of the town.
Often talks.
Jargon; slang: prison talk.
Empty speech or unnecessary discussion: much talk and no action.
A particular manner of speech: baby talk; honeyed talk.
Something, such as the sounds of animals, felt to resemble human talk: whale talk.
To persuade: I talked them around to my point of view.
To speak indirectly about something: talked around the subject but never got to the point.
To make an impertinent reply: a saucy child who talked back.
To make a belligerent response: heavy guns talking back.
To depreciate: talked down the importance of the move.
To address someone with insulting condescension: talked down to her subordinates.
To silence (a person), especially by speaking in a loud and domineering manner.
To direct and control (the flight of an aircraft during an approach for landing) by radioed instructions either from the ground or a nearby aircraft.
To discuss (a matter) exhaustively: I talked out the problem with a therapist.
To resolve or settle by discussion.
To block (proposed legislation) by filibustering.
To consider thoroughly in conversation; discuss: talked the matter over.
To win (someone) over by persuasion: talked them over to our side.
To speak in favor of; promote: talked the candidate up; talked up the new product.
To brag.
verb - to communicate by speaking