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Talk \Talk\, n.
1. The act of talking; especially, familiar converse; mutual
discourse; that which is uttered, especially in familiar
conversation, or the mutual converse of two or more.
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In various talk the instructive hours they passed.
--Pope.
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Their talk, when it was not made up of nautical
phrases, was too commonly made up of oaths and
curses. --Macaulay.
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2. Report; rumor; as, to hear talk of war.
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I hear a talk up and down of raising our money.
--Locke.
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3. Subject of discourse; as, his achievment is the talk of
the town.
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Syn: Conversation; colloquy; discourse; chat; dialogue;
conference; communication. See {Conversation}.
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Talk \Talk\, v. t.
1. To speak freely; to use for conversing or communicating;
as, to talk French.
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2. To deliver in talking; to speak; to utter; to make a
subject of conversation; as, to talk nonsense; to talk
politics.
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3. To consume or spend in talking; -- often followed by away;
as, to talk away an evening.
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4. To cause to be or become by talking. "They would talk
themselves mad." --Shak.
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{To talk over}.
(a) To talk about; to have conference respecting; to
deliberate upon; to discuss; as, to talk over a matter
or plan.
(b) To change the mind or opinion of by talking; to
convince; as, to talk over an opponent.
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talk \talk\ (t[add]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {talked} (t[add]kt);
p. pr. & vb. n. {talking}.] [Cf. LG. talk talk, gabble, Prov.
G. talken to speak indistinctly; or OD. tolken to interpret,
MHG. tolkan to interpret, to tell, to speak indistinctly,
Dan. tolke to interpret, Sw. tolka, Icel. t[=u]lka to
interpret, t[=u]lkr an interpreter, Lith. tulkas an
interpreter, tulkanti, tulk[=o]ti, to interpret, Russ.
tolkovate to interpret, to talk about; or perhaps fr. OE.
talien to speak (see {tale}, v. i. & n.).]
1. To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as
in familiar discourse, when two or more persons
interchange thoughts.
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I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you,
walk with you, and so following, but I will not eat
with you. --Shak.
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2. To confer; to reason; to consult.
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Let me talk with thee of thy judgments. --Jer. xii.
1.
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3. To prate; to speak impertinently. [Colloq.]
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{To talk of}, to relate; to tell; to give an account of; as,
authors talk of the wonderful remains of Palmyra. "The
natural histories of Switzerland talk much of the fall of
these rocks, and the great damage done." --Addison.

{To talk to}, to advise or exhort, or to reprove gently; as,
I will talk to my son respecting his conduct. [Colloq.]
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