talking Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun an exchange of ideas via conversation
   talk.
   
   • let's have more work and less talk around here
2. verb exchange thoughts; talk with
   talk; speak.
   
   • We often talk business
   • Actions talk louder than words
3. verb express in speech
   verbalise; verbalize; mouth; utter; talk; speak.
   
   • She talks a lot of nonsense
   • This depressed patient does not verbalize
4. verb use language
   talk; speak.
   
   • the baby talks already
   • the prisoner won't speak
   • they speak a strange dialect
5. verb reveal information
   talk; spill.
   
   • If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!
   • The former employee spilled all the details
6. verb divulge confidential information or secrets
   let the cat out of the bag; peach; babble; spill the beans; babble out; tattle; blab out; sing; blab; talk.
   
   • Be careful--his secretary talks
7. verb deliver a lecture or talk
   lecture; talk.
   
   • She will talk at Rutgers next week
   • Did you ever lecture at Harvard?

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