talkative

talk·a·tive

T0025400 (tô′kə-tĭv)adj. Marked by or having a disposition to talk.

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talk′a·tive·ly adv.talk′a·tive·ness n.

talkative

(ˈtɔːkətɪv) adjgiven to talking a great deal ˈtalkatively adv ˈtalkativeness n

talk•a•tive

(ˈtɔ kə tɪv)

adj. inclined to talk a great deal. [1400–50] talk′a•tive•ly, adv. talk′a•tive•ness, n. syn: talkative, garrulous, loquacious characterize a person who talks a great deal. talkative is a neutral or mildly unfavorable word for a person who is much inclined to talk, sometimes without significance: a talkative child. The garrulous person talks with wearisome persistence, usu. about trivial things: a garrulous cab driver. A loquacious person, intending to be sociable, talks continuously and at length: a loquacious host.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	talkative - full of trivial conversation; "kept from her housework by gabby neighbors"chatty, gabby, garrulous, loquacious, talkyvoluble - marked by a ready flow of speech; "she is an extremely voluble young woman who engages in soliloquies not conversations"
	2.	talkative - unwisely talking too much bigmouthed, blabbermouthed, blabbyindiscreet - lacking discretion; injudicious; "her behavior was indiscreet at the very best"
	3.	talkative - friendly and open and willing to talk; "wine made the guest expansive"expansivecommunicatory, communicative - able or tending to communicate; "was a communicative person and quickly told all she knew"- W.M.Thackeray

talkative

adjective loquacious, chatty, garrulous, long-winded, big-mouthed (slang), wordy, effusive, gabby (informal), voluble, gossipy, verbose, mouthy, prolix He suddenly became very talkative, his face slightly flushed.
reserved, quiet, silent, reticent, taciturn, uncommunicative, unforthcoming, tight-lipped

talkative

adjectiveGiven to conversation:chatty, conversational, garrulous, loquacious, talky, voluble.Slang: gabby.

Translations

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talk

(toːk) verb1. to speak; to have a conversation or discussion. We talked about it for hours; My parrot can talk (= imitate human speech). 談話 谈话2. to gossip. You can't stay here – people will talk! 說閒話 说闲话3. to talk about. They spent the whole time talking philosophy. 談論 谈论 noun1. (sometimes in plural) a conversation or discussion. We had a long talk about it; The Prime Ministers met for talks on their countries' economic problems. 談話 谈话2. a lecture. The doctor gave us a talk on family health. 演講 演讲3. gossip. Her behaviour causes a lot of talk among the neighbours. 閒話 闲话4. useless discussion; statements of things a person says he will do but which will never actually be done. There's too much talk and not enough action. 空談 空谈talkative (ˈtoːkətiv) adjective talking a lot. a talkative person. 健談的 健谈的ˈtalking book noun a book recorded on cassette or disc for blind people, for those with reading problems etc. 有聲讀物 有声读物ˈtalking head noun a TV personality. 電視的特寫頭像 （电视发言者的）头部特写，接受电视采访者 ˈtalking-point noun something to talk about; a subject, especially an interesting one. Football is the main talking-point in my family. 話題 话题ˈtalk show noun (American) a television or radio programme on which (usually famous) people talk to each other and are interviewed. 現場採訪 现场采访ˌtalking-ˈto noun a talk given to someone in order to scold, criticize or blame them. I'll give that child a good talking-to when he gets home! 斥責 斥责talk back (often with to) to answer rudely. Don't talk back to me! 頂嘴 顶嘴talk big to talk as if one is very important; to boast. He's always talking big about his job. 說大話，吹牛 说大话，吹牛 talk down to to speak to (someone) as if he/she is much less important, clever etc. Children dislike being talked down to. 貶低，頤指氣使小看人 贬低，用高人一等的口气对人说话 talk (someone) into / out of (doing) to persuade (someone) (not) to do (something). He talked me into changing my job. 說服某人做（或不做）某事 说服某人做（或不做）某事 talk over to discuss. We talked over the whole idea. 討論, 商量 讨论，商量 talk round1. to persuade. I managed to talk her round. 說服 说服2. to talk about (something) for a long time without reaching the most important point. We talked round the question for hours. 兜圈子談（問題） 兜圈子谈（问题） talk sense/nonsense to say sensible, or ridiculous, things. Don't talk nonsense; I do wish you would talk sense. 說有用（或廢）話 说有用（或废）话 talk shop to talk about one's work. We agreed not to talk shop at the party. 說行話，三句不離本行 说行话，三句不离本行

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