talk
exchange thoughts; talk with
How often you will meet it
Rank 340 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 60,343 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.029% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
verb
- exchange thoughts; talk with also: speak We often talk businessActions talk louder than words
- express in speech also: speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise She talks a lot of nonsenseThis depressed patient does not verbalize
- use language also: speak the baby talks alreadythe prisoner won't speak
- reveal information also: spill If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!The former employee spilled all the details
- divulge confidential information or secrets also: spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, tattle, blab, peach, babble Be careful--his secretary talks
- deliver a lecture or talk also: lecture She will talk at Rutgers next weekDid you ever lecture at Harvard?
noun
- an exchange of ideas via conversation also: talking let's have more work and less talk around here
- discussion; (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of') his poetry contains much talk about love and anger
talk in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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And how the talk warmed the cockles of his heart!
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1
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That's just what I feel, especially when the crowd doesn't talk a single word of English.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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As a rule, he is charming to me, and we sit in the studio and talk of a thousand things.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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All this, being town's talk, Christian already knew; more she had never inquired, not even when she was engaged to him.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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She would have a long day for courtship and for talk of plans which she was keeping secret from little Jason.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1