talk

Noun

• idle gossip or rumor
  • there has been talk about you lately
    

• a speech that is open to the public
  • he attended a lecture on telecommunications
    

• the act of giving a talk to an audience
  • I attended an interesting talk on local history
    

• discussion; (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of')
  • his poetry contains much talk about love and anger
    

• an exchange of ideas via conversation
  • let's have more work and less talk around here
    

Verb

• deliver a lecture or talk
  • She will talk at Rutgers next week
    
  • Did you ever lecture at Harvard?
    

• divulge confidential information or secrets
  • Be careful--his secretary talks
    

• reveal information
  • If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!
    
  • The former employee spilled all the details
    

• use language
  • the baby talks already
    
  • the prisoner won't speak
    
  • they speak a strange dialect
    

• express in speech
  • She talks a lot of nonsense
    
  • This depressed patient does not verbalize
    

• exchange thoughts; talk with
  • We often talk business
    
  • Actions talk louder than words
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  talk of the town , lecture , public lecture , talking , spill , speak , utter , mouth , verbalize , verbalise