talk

About 83.74 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To communicate, usually by means of speech.

   Let's sit down and talk.

2. verb To discuss; to talk about.

   They sat down to talk business.

3. verb To speak (a certain language).

   We talk French sometimes.

4. verb Used to emphasise the importance, size, complexity etc. of the thing mentioned.

   Are you interested in the job? They're talking big money.

5. verb To confess, especially implicating others.

   Suppose he talks?

6. verb To criticize someone for something of which one is guilty oneself.

   I am not the one to talk.

7. verb To gossip; to create scandal.

   People will talk.

8. verb To manifest outwardly in speech, as opposed to reality or action.

Similar words

talk of the town speak verbalize blab tattle lecture utter babble sing mouth

Often followed by

about to of with and in on like is

Word family

talked talker talkers talking talks