talking
adjective
[ ˈtɔːkɪŋ ]
• engaging in speech.
talking
noun
• the action of talking; speech or discussion.
• "I'll do the talking—you just back me up"
talk
verb
• 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,
Origin:
Middle English: frequentative verb from the Germanic base of tale or tell1.
