talk

talk is a 4-letter English word with 21 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 21 senses

Definitions

1. noun. To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.
2. noun. To confer; to reason; to consult.
3. noun. To prate; to speak impertinently.
4. transitive verb. To speak freely; to use for conversing or communicating; as, to talk French.
5. transitive verb. To deliver in talking; to speak; to utter; to make a subject of conversation; as, to talk nonsense; to talk politics.
6. transitive verb. To consume or spend in talking; -- often followed by away; as, to talk away an evening.
7. transitive verb. To cause to be or become by talking.
8. noun. 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.
9. noun. Report; rumor; as, to hear talk of war.
10. noun. Subject of discourse; as, his achievment is the talk of the town.
11. noun. the act of giving a talk to an audience

    "I attended an interesting talk on local history"

12. noun. an exchange of ideas via conversation

    "let's have more work and less talk around here"

    Synonyms: talking

13. noun. discussion; (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of')

    "his poetry contains much talk about love and anger"

14. noun. idle gossip or rumor

    "there has been talk about you lately"

15. noun. a speech that is open to the public

    "he attended a lecture on telecommunications"

    Synonyms: lecture

16. verb. deliver a lecture or talk

    "She will talk at Rutgers next week"

    "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"

    Synonyms: lecture

17. verb. divulge confidential information or secrets

    "Be careful--his secretary talks"

    Synonyms: babble, blab, peach, sing, tattle

18. verb. express in speech

    "She talks a lot of nonsense"

    "This depressed patient does not verbalize"

    Synonyms: mouth, speak, utter, verbalise, verbalize

19. verb. reveal information

    "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!"

    "The former employee spilled all the details"

    Synonyms: spill

20. verb. exchange thoughts; talk with

    "We often talk business"

    "Actions talk louder than words"

    Synonyms: speak

21. verb. use language

    "the baby talks already"

    "the prisoner won't speak"

    Synonyms: speak

Synonyms

talking, lecture, babble, blab, peach, sing, tattle, mouth, speak, utter, verbalise, verbalize, spill

Common word forms

talks, talked, talker, talkful, talking, talkable

Words from these letters

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