A conference or negotiation. Often used in the plural: peace talks.
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A particular manner of speech: baby talk; honeyed talk.
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A speech or lecture.
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A subject of conversation: a musical that is the talk of the town.
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An exchange of ideas or opinions; a conversation.
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verb-intransitive
Informal To be efficacious: Money talks.
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To allude to something: Are you talking about last week?.
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To articulate words: The baby can talk.
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To consult or confer with someone: I talked with the doctor.
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To converse by means of spoken language: We talked for hours. See Synonyms at speak.
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phrasal-verb
Talk around To persuade: I talked them around to my point of view.
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Talk around To speak indirectly about: talked around the subject but never got to the point.
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Talk at To address orally with no regard for or interest in a reaction or response.
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Talk back To make a belligerent response: heavy guns talking back.
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Talk back To make an impertinent or insolent reply.
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idiom
Talk big Informal To brag.
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Talk sense To speak rationally and coherently.
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verb-transitive
To articulate (words): The baby is talking sentences now.
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To gain, influence, or bring into a specified state by talking: talked me into coming; talked their way out of trouble.
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To give expression to in words: talk treason.
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To speak of or discuss (something): talk music; talk business;.
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To speak or know how to speak in (an idiom or language): talked French with the flight crew.
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