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talking |
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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