talk
verb
[ tɔːk ]
• speak in order to give information or express ideas or feelings; converse or communicate by spoken words.
• "the two men talked"
Similar:
speak,
give voice,
chat,
chatter,
gossip,
prattle,
prate,
babble,
rattle on,
blather,
blether,
orate,
yak,
gab,
jaw,
go on,
chew the fat,
natter,
rabbit,
witter,
chunter,
rap,
run off at the mouth,
mag,
utter,
say,
voice,
express,
articulate,
pronounce,
enunciate,
verbalize,
vocalize,
converse,
communicate,
speak to each other,
discuss things,
have a talk,
have a chat,
have a tête-à-tête,
confer,
consult each other,
negotiate,
have negotiations,
parley,
palaver,
have a confab,
chew the fat/rag,
confabulate,
• have formal dealings or discussions; negotiate.
• "they won't talk to the regime that killed their families"
• use (a particular language) in speech.
• "we were talking German"
Similar:
speak,
speak in,
talk in,
communicate in,
converse in,
express oneself in,
discourse in,
use,
talk
noun
• communication by spoken words; conversation or discussion.
• "there was a slight but noticeable lull in the talk"
Similar:
chatter,
chatting,
chattering,
gossiping,
prattling,
prating,
gibbering,
jabbering,
babbling,
gabbling,
rattling on,
speaking,
talking,
yakking,
gabbing,
nattering,
rabbiting,
wittering,
chat,
conversation,
discussion,
gossip,
subject,
theme,
topic,
information,
news,
• formal discussions or negotiations over a period.
• "peace talks"
Similar:
negotiations,
discussions,
conference,
summit,
meeting,
consultation,
dialogue,
symposium,
seminar,
conclave,
colloquy,
palaver,
parley,
bargaining,
haggling,
wheeling and dealing,
mediation,
arbitration,
intercession,
conciliation,
powwow,
confabulation,
• an informal address or lecture.
• "a thirty-minute illustrated talk"
Similar:
lecture,
speech,
address,
discourse,
oration,
presentation,
report,
sermon,
disquisition,
dissertation,
symposium,
spiel,
Origin:
Middle English: frequentative verb from the Germanic base of tale or tell1.
