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on, go on, Brit natter, witter, rabbit on, Colloq gab, Slang
gas, jaw , US run off at the mouth: They talk continuously,
mostly about nothing. 4 chat, gossip, palaver, Slang chew the
fat or the rag, shoot the breeze, US chin, schmooze, rap, have a
bull session, bat the breeze, shoot the bull: We were just
sitting around talking when Tom suggested we go for a swim. 5
inform, confess, give the game away, blab, Colloq come clean,
Slang rat, squeal, sing, spill the beans, Brit grass: If they
give him the third degree, you can be sure he'll talk. 6 speak,
give or deliver a speech or a talk or an address, lecture: I
believe that Professor Hale is talking at the County Library
tonight. 7 talk about or over or of. discuss, confer about or
on, parley about: I don't want to talk about football all the
time. Can't we talk it over? She talks only of you. 8 talk big.
boast, brag, vaunt, crow, bluster, exaggerate, blow or toot
(one's) own horn: He was never in the war - he just talks big.
9 talk down. a depreciate, deprecate, denigrate, disparage,
belittle, minimize, diminish, criticize, Colloq knock, pan, put
down: It's the only thing he's ever done, and you shouldn't
talk it down. b Usually, talk down to. condescend to, patronize:
I resent your talking down to me in that way. 10 talk into.
convince, bring round, sway, persuade: We have been trying to
talk him into running in the marathon. 11 talk over. discuss:
We talked over the best way to prepare the advertising proposal.
12 talk to or with. speak to or with, communicate with, converse
with: Since the episode with the monkey, she refuses to talk to
me. I talked with him yesterday. 13 talk up. promote, support,
sponsor, advertise, publicize, push, Colloq plug, hype,
ballyhoo: She has been talking up the book on her radio show.
--n. 14 oration, lecture, address, presentation, speech,
discourse, report, disquisition, dissertation; sermon; harangue,
tirade, Colloq spiel: Claire delivered a talk on computational
linguistics. Every week we have to listen to the same talk about
sin. 15 conversation, conference, discussion, meeting,
consultation, dialogue, colloquy, parley, palaver, chat,
tˆte-…-tˆte, confabulation, Colloq confab, powwow, Slang
chin-wag, head-to-head, US one-on-one, rap session: We must
have a little talk about your school report. 16 subject or
topic of conversation or gossip or rumour: Her behaviour at the
wedding was the talk of the town for weeks. 17 gossip, rumour,
hearsay, information, news, report, Colloq info, Slang dope:
There is some talk that you might be leaving. 18 palaver,