talked
past form of “talk” — exchange thoughts; talk with
An inflected form of talk · past form.
How often you will meet it
Rank 830 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 21,926 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.010% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 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?
talked 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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I talked of my wonderful father, and Great Will, and Pitt, and the Peerage.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete · George Meredith · Chapter 1
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They all said in college that I talked the darnedest hash in the class, anyway.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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She sat a little apart and talked to him in a voice soft enough to even exclude Lord Walderhurst.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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My father talked to me, and seemed so anxious for me to go into business that I made no objection.
The Crown of Life · George Gissing · Chapter 1
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They moved, they talked and cried, by the voice of the person possessed, whose body they shook as if by a tempest.
The Dream · Émile Zola · Chapter 1