Talking

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  65 Moby Thesaurus words for "talking":
     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