| talk | the act of giving a talk to an audience, I attended an interesting talk on local history |
| chalk talk | a talk that uses a blackboard and chalk |
idle pulley
idler pulley
idle wheel | a pulley on a shaft that presses against a guide belt to guide or tighten it |
palaver
hot air
empty words
empty talk
rhetoric | loud and confused and empty talk, mere rhetoric |
| double talk | deliberately unintelligible gibberish |
talk show
chat show | a program during which well-known people discuss a topic or answer questions telephoned in by the audience, in England they call a talk show a chat show |
blarney
coaxing
soft soap
sweet talk | flattery designed to gain favor |
sass
sassing
backtalk
back talk
lip
mouth | an impudent or insolent rejoinder, don't give me any of your sass |
d chitchat
chithat
chit chat
small talk
gab
gabfest
gossip
tittle-tattle
chin wag
chin-wag
chin wagging
chin-wagging
causerie b | light informal conversation for social occasions |
talk
talking | an exchange of ideas via conversation, let's have more work and less talk around here |
| shop talk | talk about your business that only others in the same business can understand |
wind malarkey
malarky
idle words
jazz nothingness | empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk, that's a lot of wind, don't give me any of that jazz |
prate
prattle
idle talk
blether
chin music | idle or foolish and irrelevant talk |
| talk | discussion, (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of'), his poetry contains much talk about love and anger |
| table talk | conversation during a meal |
| pillow talk | intimate conversation between lovers (typically occurring in bed) |
baby talk
babytalk | the developing speech of a young child |
| baby talk babytalk motherese | an adult's imitation of the speech of a young child |
| talk talk of the town | idle gossip or rumor, there has been talk about you lately |
lecture
public lecture
talk | a speech that is open to the public, he attended a lecture on telecommunications |
| pep talk | a speech of exhortation attempting to instill enthusiasm and determination in a team or staff |
sales talk
sales pitch
pitch | promotion by means of an argument and demonstration |
| idle | the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling, the car engine was running at idle |
| talk down | direct and control (the flight of an airplane during landing) via radio, the control tower talked down the plane whose pilot fell ill |
negociate
negotiate
talk terms | discuss the terms of an arrangement, They negotiated the sale of the house |
| talk out of | persuade someone not to do something |
| talk into | persuade somebody to do something |
wheedle
cajole
palaver blarney
coax
sweet-talk
inveigle | influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering, He palavered her into going along |
hash out
discuss
talk over | speak with others about (something), talk (something) over in detail, have a discussion, We discussed our household budget |
| lecture talk | deliver a lecture or talk, She will talk at Rutgers next week, Did you ever lecture at Harvard? |
talk through one's hat
bullshit
bull
fake | speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths, The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it |
| talk down | belittle through talk |
a spill the beans
let the cat out of the bag
talk tattle blab
peach
babble sing babble out
blab out
a | divulge confidential information or secrets, Be careful--his secretary talks |
talk
speak
utter
mouth
verbalize
verbalise | express in speech, She talks a lot of nonsense, This depressed patient does not verbalize |
talk of
talk about | discuss or mention, They spoke of many things |
spill
talk | reveal information, If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!, The former employee spilled all the details |
| talk speak | exchange thoughts, talk with, We often talk business, Actions talk louder than words |
| talk down | speak in a condescending manner, as if to a child, He talks down to her |
| speak talk | use language, the baby talks already, the prisoner won't speak, they speak a strange dialect |
| talk turkey | discuss frankly, often in a business context |
discourse talk about
discuss | to consider or examine in speech or writing, The author talks about the different aspects of this question, The class discussed Dante's `Inferno' |
| talk shop | discuss matters that are related to work, As soon as they met, the linguists started to talk shop |
idle
tick over | run disconnected or idle, the engine is idling |
idle
laze
slug
stagnate | be idle, exist in a changeless situation, The old man sat and stagnated on his porch, He slugged in bed all morning |
idle
unused | not in active use, the machinery sat idle during the strike, idle hands |
| idle | not in action or at work, an idle laborer, idle drifters, the idle rich, an idle mind |
bone-idle
bone-lazy | constitutionally lazy or idle |
idle
jobless
out of work | not having a job, idle carpenters, jobless transients, many people in the area were out of work |
dead
idle | not yielding a return, dead capital, idle funds |
idle
loose | lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility, idle talk, a loose tongue |