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talk

/toːk/

verb

Meaning

  • To communicate, usually by means of speech.

    "Although I don't speak Chinese I managed to talk with the villagers using signs and gestures."

  • To discuss; to talk about.

    "That's enough about work, let's talk holidays!"

  • To speak (a certain language).

    "We talk French sometimes."

  • (chiefly used in progressive tenses) Used to emphasise the importance, size, complexity etc. of the thing mentioned.

    "Are you interested in the job? They're talking big money."

  • To confess, especially implicating others.

    "She can be relied upon not to talk."

  • To criticize someone for something of which one is guilty oneself.

    "I am not the one to talk."

  • To gossip; to create scandal.

    "Aren't you afraid the neighbours will talk?"

  • (chiefly used in progressive tenses) To influence someone to express something, especially a particular stance or viewpoint or in a particular manner.

    "That's not like you at all, Jared. The drugs are talking. Snap out of it!"