talk

to spread a rumor or tell a confidence; gossip.

to chatter or prate.

to employ speech; perform the act of speaking: to talk very softly; to talk into a microphone.

to deliver a speech, lecture, etc.: The professor talked on the uses of comedy in the tragedies of Shakespeare.

to give or reveal confidential or incriminating information: After a long interrogation, the spy finally talked.

to communicate ideas by means other than speech, as by writing, signs, or signals.

Computers. to transmit data, as between computers or between a computer and a terminal.

to make sounds imitative or suggestive of speech.

to discuss: to talk politics.

Informal. (used only in progressive tenses) to focus on; signify or mean; talk about: This isn't a question of a few hundred dollars—we're talking serious money.

to bring, put, drive, influence, etc., by talk: to talk a person to sleep; to talk a person into doing something.

a conference or negotiating session: peace talks.

report or rumor; gossip: There is a lot of talk going around about her.

a subject or occasion of talking, especially of gossip: Your wild escapades are the talk of the neighborhood.

mere empty speech: That's just a lot of talk.

a way of talking: a halting, lisping talk.

language, dialect, or lingo.

signs or sounds imitative or suggestive of speech, as the noise made by loose parts in a mechanism.

(intr usually foll by about) to exchange ideas, pleasantries, or opinions (about): to talk about the weather

(intr) to articulate words; verbalize: his baby can talk

(tr) to give voice to; utter: to talk rubbish

(tr) to hold a conversation about; discuss: to talk business

(intr) to reveal information: the prisoner talked after torture

(tr) to know how to communicate in (a language or idiom): he talks English

(intr) to spread rumours or gossip: we don't want the neighbours to talk

(intr) to make sounds suggestive of talking

(intr) to be effective or persuasive: money talks

now you're talking informal at last you're saying something agreeable

talk big to boast or brag

talk shop to speak about one's work, esp when meeting socially, sometimes with the effect of excluding those not similarly employed

talk the talk to speak convincingly on a particular subject, showing apparent mastery of its jargon and themes; often used in combination with the expression walk the walk: See also walk (def. 18b)

you can talk informal you don't have to worry about doing a particular thing yourself

you can't talk informal you yourself are guilty of offending in the very matter you are decrying

idle chatter, gossip, or rumour: there has been a lot of talk about you two

a subject of conversation; theme: our talk was of war

(often plural) a conference, discussion, or negotiation: talks about a settlement

a specific manner of speaking: children's talk