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talking Definition

talk·ing (tôk′iŋ)

noun

the act of a person who talks; discussion; conversation

adjective

that talks; talkative
talking Synonyms

talking

modif.

eloquent, chattering, mouthing, repeating, echoing, pronouncing, expressing, articulating, enunciating, ranting, spouting, haranguing, waffling, speaking, vocalizing, verbalizing, declaiming, orating, conversing, discussing, holding forth; see also fluent 2, verbose.

Antonyms listening*, hearing*, witnessing.

talking Usage Examples

Preposition: about

  • responsibility: It's no good talking about personal responsibility when more and more of our people are being driven into means-tested dependency.

Converse of object

  • do: Tip five: let your writing do the talking.
  • get: Get the client talking Don't ask tedious questions or talk too much about yourself.
  • have: It was very good to have such talking in Amsterdam.
  • include: Brent does.â Doing may include some brilliant talking, however.
  • like: As much as I like Heartless talking like Cutter Mitchell, this is really annoying.
  • stop: Why don't we raise our voices and tell them they were rumbled long ago so stop talking ' rubbish ' .

Adjective modifier

  • tough: There is some tough talking by Jesus in today's Gospel reading.
  • straight: Get your point across with this straight talking, no nonsense stamp.
  • plain: Plain honest talking " Look Jones, it's not working out, I think it's better you leave.
  • fast: Consequently, through a bit of nifty fast talking, we managed to get him to sleep on his own in the adjoining tent.
  • good: You don't have to be a good talking or good at pouring your heart out.
  • more: Then the dead body is found and more talking happens.

Modifies a noun

  • point: LESSON MATERIALS Follow the link to the BBC's TALKING POINT above, to see a range of people's comments on 2nd homes.
  • head: A select band of just 29 talking heads featured in I Love 1970; an average of one new pundit every two minutes.
  • book: They can borrow up to 6 books and 1 talking book at any time.
  • therapy: It explains what talking therapies are and what they aim to do.

Noun used with modifier

  • someone: The average attention span of people who sit listening to someone talking is around 10 minutes.
  • person: Then the person talking should tell the listener how he or she found the listener.
  • trash: Don't get involved in " trash talking " , this will only take away from your concentration.
talking Quotes

An actor is a kind of guy who if you ain't talking about him ain't listening.

—Brando, Marlon

The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.

—Lebowitz, Fran(ces Ann)

Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.

—1st Earl

Hablando siempre y siempre contando chismes y haciendo chistes y siempre y tambie¤  n filosofando o estetizando o moralizando, siempre: la cuestio¤  n era hacer ver como que no trabaja¤  bamos porque en La Habana, Cuba, esa es la  u¤ nica manera de ser gente bien. Talking all the time and telling jokes or gossiping all the time and always and also philosophizing or aestheticizingor moralizing, but always: thething wasto make it look like we didn't have to work because in Havana,Cuba, this is the only way to be high society. . .

—Cabrera Infante, Guillermo

   I am of the firm belief that everybody could write books and I never understand why they don't. After all, everybody speaks.Once the grammar has been learnt it is simply talking on paper and in time learning what not to say.

—Bainbridge, Dame Beryl Margaret

They told me, Heraclitus, they told me you were dead, They brought bitter news to hear, and bitter tears to shed. I wept as I remembered how often you and I Had tired thesunwithtalking and sent himdownthesky.

—Cory,William originally  WilliamJohnson