Dictionary.com
definitions

table talk

|
SEE MORE SYNONYMS FOR table talk ON THESAURUS.COM

noun

informal conversation at meals.
a subject that is considered appropriate for conversation at meals.

RELATED CONTENT

pillow talk
Read more in this article about some frequently asked questions and fun facts related to our definitions.
READ MORE
Let’s Talk About Bitchface
Read more in this article about some frequently asked questions and fun facts related to our definitions.
READ MORE

Origin of table talk

First recorded in 1560–70
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for table talk

Historical Examples of table talk

  • It was very different, however, from much of the table-talk that is heard in families.

    The Printer Boy.

    William M. Thayer

  • Or let him listen to the table-talk of a party returned from Crater Lake.

    The Book of the National Parks

    Robert Sterling Yard

  • The best books for refuge in times of stress are of the "notebook" and "table-talk" kind.

    Old Junk

    H. M. Tomlinson

  • One very uncertain test of a man of genius is his table-talk.

    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

    Thomas Wentworth Higginson

  • The every-day distinction on this subject, are familiar as table-talk.

    The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus

    American Anti-Slavery Society

British Dictionary definitions for table talk

table talk

noun

informal conversation on a range of topics, as that at table during and after a meal
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012