A Topical Dictionary: Search for talking

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English

Pronunciation

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Noun

The action of the verb to talk
:It is usually better to solve problems by talking than by fighting.

Verb

talking

Category:English present participles

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English talk \talk\ (t[add]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. talked (t[add]kt);
p. pr. & vb. n. talking.] [Cf. LG. talk talk, gabble, Prov.
G. talken to speak indistinctly; or OD. tolken to interpret,
MHG. tolkan to interpret, to tell, to speak indistinctly,
Dan. tolke to interpret, Sw. tolka, Icel. t[=u]lka to
interpret, t[=u]lkr an interpreter, Lith. tulkas an
interpreter, tulkanti, tulk[=o]ti, to interpret, Russ.
tolkovate to interpret, to talk about; or perhaps fr. OE.
talien to speak (see tale, v. i. & n.).]
1. To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as
in familiar discourse, when two or more persons
interchange thoughts.
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I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you,
walk with you, and so following, but I will not eat
with you. --Shak.
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2. To confer; to reason; to consult.
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Let me talk with thee of thy judgments. --Jer. xii.
1.
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3. To prate; to speak impertinently. [Colloq.]
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To talk of, to relate; to tell; to give an account of; as,
authors talk of the wonderful remains of Palmyra. "The
natural histories of Switzerland talk much of the fall of
these rocks, and the great damage done." --Addison.

To talk to, to advise or exhort, or to reprove gently; as,
I will talk to my son respecting his conduct. [Colloq.]
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Talking \Talk"ing\, a.
1. That talks; able to utter words; as, a talking parrot.
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2. Given to talk; loquacious.
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The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade,
For talking age and whispering lovers made.
--Goldsmith.
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WordNet talking
adj : uttering speech; "talking heads" [syn: talking(a)]
n : an exchange of ideas via conversation; "let's have more work
and less talk around here" [syn: talk]

Moby Dictionary
ESP , accents , answer , articulate , chatter , comment , commerce ,
communication , communion , congress , connection , contact ,
conversation , converse , correspondence , dealing , dealings ,
discourse , elocution , eloquent , exchange , free-speaking ,
free-spoken , gab , information , interaction , interchange ,
intercommunication , intercommunion , intercourse , interplay ,
language , linguistic intercourse , loud-speaking , loud-spoken ,
message , oral communication , outspoken , palaver , parole ,
plain-speaking , plain-spoken , prattle , rapping , reply , response ,
social intercourse , soft-speaking , soft-spoken , speaking , speech ,
speech circuit , speech situation , talk , talkative , telepathy ,
touch , traffic , truck , true-speaking , two-way communication ,
well-spoken , words , yakkety-yak , yakking