Definition of Talk

Noun

• idle gossip or rumor
  "there has been talk about you lately"
  - talk of the town
• a speech that is open to the public
  "he attended a lecture on telecommunications"
  lecture - public lecture
• the act of giving a talk to an audience
  "I attended an interesting talk on local history"
  
• discussion
  (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of')
  "his poetry contains much talk about love and anger"
  
• an exchange of ideas via conversation
  "let's have more work and less talk around here"
  talking

Verb

• deliver a lecture or talk
  "She will talk at Rutgers next week"
  "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"
  lecture
• divulge confidential information or secrets
  "Be careful--his secretary talks"
  - spill the beans - let the cat out of the bag tattle blab peach babble sing - babble out - blab out
• reveal information
  "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!"
  "The former employee spilled all the details"
  spill
• use language
  "the baby talks already"
  "the prisoner won't speak"
  "they speak a strange dialect"
  speak
• express in speech
  "She talks a lot of nonsense"
  "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
  speak utter mouth verbalize verbalise
• exchange thoughts
  talk with
  "We often talk business"
  "Actions talk louder than words"
  speak

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