Thesaurus: talk

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1. n. To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.
2. n. To confer; to reason; to consult.
3. n. To prate; to speak impertinently.
4. v. t. To speak freely; to use for conversing or communicating; as, to talk French.
5. v. t. To deliver in talking; to speak; to utter; to make a subject of conversation; as, to talk nonsense; to talk politics.
6. v. t. To consume or spend in talking; -- often followed by away; as, to talk away an evening.
7. v. t. To cause to be or become by talking.
8. n. The act of talking; especially, familiar converse; mutual discourse; that which is uttered, especially in familiar conversation, or the mutual converse of two or more.
9. n. Report; rumor; as, to hear talk of war.
10. n. Subject of discourse; as, his achievment is the talk of the town.
11. n. an exchange of ideas via conversation
12. n. discussion; (‘talk about’ is a less formal alternative for ‘discussion of’)