1.  talk(n = noun.communication) talking - an exchange of ideas via conversation; "let's have more work and less talk around here"
is a kind of conversation
has particulars: cant, pious platitude, dialog, dialogue, duologue, heart-to-heart, shmooze, shop talk, idle words, jazz, malarkey, malarky, nothingness, wind, cackle, chatter, yack, yak, yakety-yak
Derived forms verb talk₂, verb talk₄, verb talk₁, verb talk₃

2.  talk(n = noun.communication) - discussion; (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of'); "his poetry contains much talk about love and anger"
is a kind of discourse, discussion, treatment
Derived forms verb talk₂, verb talk₁

3.  talk(n = noun.act) - the act of giving a talk to an audience; "I attended an interesting talk on local history"
is a kind of lecture, lecturing
has particulars: chalk talk

4.  talk(n = noun.communication) lecture, public lecture - a speech that is open to the public; "he attended a lecture on telecommunications"
is a kind of address, speech
Derived form verb talk₆

5.  talk(n = noun.communication) talk of the town - idle gossip or rumor; "there has been talk about you lately"
is a kind of comment, gossip, scuttlebutt
Derived forms verb talk₅, adjective talky₁

1.  talk(v = verb.communication) speak - exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words"
is one way to communicate, intercommunicate
Derived forms noun talk₁, noun talk₂, adjective talkative₃, noun talking₁
Sample sentences: Sam and Sue talk

2.  talk(v = verb.communication) mouth, speak, utter, verbalise, verbalize - express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
is one way to communicate, intercommunicate
Derived forms noun talk₁, noun talk₂, noun talker₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP

3.  talk(v = verb.communication) speak - use language; "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect"
is one way to communicate, intercommunicate
Derived forms noun talk₁, noun talker₁
Sample sentences: Sam and Sue talk

4.  talk(v = verb.communication) spill - reveal information; "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!"; "The former employee spilled all the details"
is one way to tell
Derived form noun talk₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s

5.  talk(v = verb.communication) babble, babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, sing, spill the beans, tattle - divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks"
is one way to break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap
Antonym: keep quiet
Derived forms noun talk₅, adjective talkative₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s

6.  talk(v = verb.communication) lecture - deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"
is one way to instruct, learn, teach
Derived forms noun talk₄, noun talker₁
Sample sentences: Sam and Sue talk

1.  To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts. [1913 Webster]
"I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so following, but I will not eat with you." [1913 Webster]

2.  To confer; to reason; to consult. [1913 Webster]
"Let me talk with thee of thy judgments." [1913 Webster]

3.  To prate; to speak impertinently. [1913 Webster]

1.  To speak freely; to use for conversing or communicating; as, to talk French. [1913 Webster]

2.  To deliver in talking; to speak; to utter; to make a subject of conversation; as, to talk nonsense; to talk politics. [1913 Webster]

3.  To consume or spend in talking; -- often followed by away; as, to talk away an evening. [1913 Webster]

4.  To cause to be or become by talking. Shak. [1913 Webster]

1.  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. [1913 Webster]
"In various talk the instructive hours they passed." [1913 Webster]
"Their talk, when it was not made up of nautical phrases, was too commonly made up of oaths and curses." [1913 Webster]

2.  Report; rumor; as, to hear talk of war. [1913 Webster]
"I hear a talk up and down of raising our money." [1913 Webster]

3.  Subject of discourse; as, his achievment is the talk of the town. [1913 Webster]

talk, v. & n.
--v.
1 intr. (often foll. by to, with) converse or communicate ideas by spoken words.
2 intr. have the power of speech.
3 intr. (foll. by about) a have as the subject of discussion. b (in imper.) colloq. as an emphatic statement (talk about expense! It cost me {pound}50).
4 tr. express or utter in words; discuss (you are talking nonsense; talked cricket all day).
5 tr. use (a language) in speech (is talking Spanish).
6 intr. (foll. by at) address pompously.
7 tr. (usu. foll. by into, out of) bring into a specified condition etc. by talking (talked himself hoarse; how did you talk them into it?; talked them out of the difficulty).
8 intr. reveal (esp. secret) information; betray secrets.
9 intr. gossip (people are beginning to talk).
10 intr. have influence (money talks).
11 intr. communicate by radio.
--n.
1 conversation or talking.
2 a particular mode of speech (baby-talk).
3 an informal address or lecture.
4 a rumour or gossip (there is talk of a merger). b its theme (their success was the talk of the town).
5 (often in pl.) extended discussions or negotiations.

Idiom:
know what one is talking about be expert or authoritative. now you're talking colloq. I like what you say, suggest, etc. talk away
1 consume (time) in talking.
2 carry on talking (talk away! I'm listening).
talk back
1 reply defiantly.
2 respond on a two-way radio system. talk big colloq. talk boastfully. talk down to speak patronizingly or condescendingly to.
talk a person down
1 silence a person by greater loudness or persistence.
2 bring (a pilot or aircraft) to landing by radio instructions from the ground. talk the hind leg off a donkey talk incessantly. talk nineteen to the dozen see DOZEN.
talk of
1 discuss or mention.
2 (often foll. by verbal noun) express some intention of (talked of moving to London). talk of the town what is being talked about generally. talk out Brit. block the course of (a bill in Parliament) by prolonging discussion to the time of adjournment. talk over discuss at length. talk a person over (or round) gain agreement or compliance from a person by talking. talk shop talk, esp. tediously or inopportunely, about one's occupation, business, etc. talk show = chat show (see CHAT(1)). talk tall boast.
talk through one's hat (or neck) colloq.
1 exaggerate.
2 bluff.
3 talk wildly or nonsensically. talk to reprove or scold (a person). talk to oneself soliloquize. talk turkey see TURKEY. talk up discuss (a subject) in order to arouse interest in it. you can't (or can) talk colloq. a reproof that the person addressed is just as culpable etc. in the matter at issue.

Derivative:
talker n.

Etymology:
ME talken frequent. verb f. TALE or TELL(1)

N  speech, faculty of speech, locution, talk, parlance, verbal intercourse, prolation, oral communication, word of mouth, parole, palaver, prattle, effusion, oration, recitation, delivery, say, speech, lecture, harangue, sermon, tirade, formal speech, peroration, speechifying, soliloquy, allocution, conversation, salutatory : screed: valedictory, oratory, elocution, eloquence, rhetoric, declamation, grandiloquence, multiloquence, burst of eloquence, facundity, flow of words, command of words, command of language, copia verborum, power of speech, gift of the gab, usus loquendi, speaker, spokesman, prolocutor, interlocutor, mouthpiece, Hermes, orator, oratrix, oratress, Demosthenes, Cicero, rhetorician, stump orator, platform orator, speechmaker, patterer, improvisatore, speaking, spoken, oral, lingual, phonetic, not written, unwritten, outspoken, eloquent, elocutionary, oratorical, rhetorical, declamatory, grandiloquent, talkative, Ciceronian, nuncupative, Tullian, orally, by word of mouth, viva voce, from the lips of, quoth he, said he, action is eloquence, pour the full tide of eloquence along, she speaks poignards and every word stabs, speech is but broken light upon the depth of the u, to try thy eloquence now 'tis time.

VB  speak of, say, utter, pronounce, deliver, give utterance to, utter forth, pour forth, breathe, let fall, come out with, rap out, blurt out have on one's lips, have at the end of one's tongue, have at the tip of one's tongue, break silence, open one's lips, open one's mouth, lift one's voice, raise one's voice, give the tongue, wag the tongue, talk, outspeak, put in a word or two, hold forth, make a speech, deliver a speech, speechify, harangue, declaim, stump, flourish, recite, lecture, sermonize, discourse, be on one's legs, have one's say, say one's say, spout, rant, rave, vent one's fury, vent one's rage, expatiate, speak one's mind, go on the stump, take the stump, soliloquize, tell, speak to, talk together, be eloquent, have a tongue in one's head, have the gift of the gab, pass one's lips, escape one's lips, fall from the lips, fall from the mouth.

N  conversation, interlocution, collocution, colloquy, converse, confabulation, talk, discourse, verbal intercourse, oral communication, commerce, dialogue, duologue, trialogue, causerie, chat, chitchat, small talk, table talk, teatable talk, town talk, village talk, idle talk, tattle, gossip, tittle-tattle, babble, babblement, tripotage, cackle, prittle-prattle, cancan, on dit, talk of the town, talk of the village, conference, parley, interview, audience, pourparler, tete-a-tete, reception, conversazione, congress, powwow, hall of audience, durbar, palaver, debate, logomachy, war of words, gossip, tattler, Paul Pry, tabby, chatterer, interlocutor, conversationist, dialogist, the feast of reason and the flow of soul, mollia tempora fandi, conversing, interlocutory, conversational, conversable, discursive, discoursive, chatty, colloquial, with thee conversing I forget all time.

N  news, information, piece of news, budget of news, budget of information, intelligence, tidings, word, advice, aviso, message, dispatch, despatch, telegram, cable, marconigram, wire, communication, errand, embassy, report, rumor, hearsay, on dit, flying rumor, news stirring, cry, buzz, bruit, fame, talk, oui dire, scandal, eavesdropping, town tattle, table talk, tittle tattle, canard, topic of the day, idea afloat, bulletin, fresh news, stirring news, glad tidings, flash, news just in, on-the-spot coverage, live coverage, old story, old news, stale news, stale story, chestnut, narrator, newsmonger, scandalmonger, talebearer, telltale, gossip, tattler, journalism, media, news media, the press, the information industry, newspaper, magazine, tract, journal, gazette, publication, radio, television, ticker (electronic information transmission), United Press International, UPI, Associated Press, AP, The Dow Jones News Service, DJ, The New York Times News Service, NYT, Reuters, TASS, The Nikkei, newscaster, newsman, newswoman, reporter, journalist, correspondent, foreign correspondent, special correspondent, war correspondent, news team, news department, anchorman, anchorwoman, sportscaster, weatherman, press secretary, public relations department, public relations man, many-tongued, rumored, publicly rumored, currently rumored, currently reported, rife, current, floating, afloat, going about, in circulation, in every one's mouth, all over the town, in progress, live, on the spot, in person, as the story goes, as the story runs, as they say, it is said, by telegraph, by wireless, airy tongues that syllable men's names, what's up?, what's the latest?, what's new?, what's the latest poop?.

baby talk, back talk, big talk, chalk talk, double talk, empty talk, idle talk, nonsense talk, pep talk, pillow talk, sales talk, shop talk, small talk, sweet talk, table talk, talk about, talk back, talk big, talk down, talk into, talk nonsense, talk of, talk of the town, talk out of, talk over, talk shop, talk show, talk terms, talk to, talk turkey