3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Talking \Talk"ing\, a.
1. That talks; able to utter words as a talking parrot.
2. Given to talk; loquacious.
The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For
talking age and whispering lovers made --Goldsmith.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Talk \Talk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Talked}; 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?lka to interpret, t?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.
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.
2. To confer; to reason; to consult.
Let me talk with thee of thy judgments. --Jer. xii.
1.
3. To prate; to speak impertinently. [Colloq.]
{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.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
talking
adj 1: (of film) having spoken dialogue; "early talking pictures
were known as `talkies'" [syn: {sound(a)}] [ant: {silent}]
2: uttering speech; "talking heads" [syn: {talking(a)}]
n : an exchange of ideas via conversation; "let's have more work
and less talk around here" [syn: {talk}]
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