pillow fight | a child's game of fighting with pillows |
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 |
bed pillow | a soft pillow for use on a bed |
bolster long pillow | a pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows |
case pillowcase slip pillow slip | bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow, the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase |
pillow | a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person |
pillow block | a cast-iron or steel block for supporting a journal or bearing |
pillow lace bobbin lace | a handmade lace worked on a pillow with threads wound on bobbins, the pattern is marked out on the pillow by pins |
pillow sham | bed linen consisting of a decorative cover for a pillow |
throw pillow | a small cushion that is used for decorative purposes |
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 |
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 |
pillow lava | lava that hardened in rounded shapes suggestive of pillows, believed to result from underwater eruptions |
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 |
pillow rest | rest on or as if on a pillow, pillow your head |