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T0025200 (tôk)v. talked, talk·ing, talks v.intr.1. a. To exchange thoughts or opinions in spoken or sign language; converse: We talked for hours. See Synonyms at speak.b. To utter or pronounce words: The baby can talk.c. To imitate the sounds of human speech: The parrot talks.2. a. To express one's thoughts or emotions by means of spoken language: The candidate talked about the pros and cons of the issue.b. To convey one's thoughts in a way other than by spoken words: talk with one's hands.c. To express one's thoughts or feelings in writing: Voltaire talks about London in this book.d. Usage Problem To convey information in text: The article talks about the latest fashions.3. a. To negotiate with someone; parley: Let's talk instead of fighting.b. To consult or confer with someone: I talked with the doctor.4. To spread rumors; gossip: If you do that, people will talk.5. To allude to something: Are you talking about last week?6. To reveal information concerning oneself or others, especially under pressure: Has the prisoner talked?7. Informal To be efficacious: Money talks.v.tr.1. To utter or pronounce (words): Their son is talking sentences now.2. a. To speak about or discuss (something) or give expression to (something): talk business; talk treason.b. Used to emphasize the extent or seriousness of something being mentioned: The police found money in the car. We're talking significant amounts of money.3. To speak or know how to speak (a language or a language variety): The passenger talked French with the flight crew. Can you talk the local dialect?4. To cause (someone) to be in a certain state or to do something by talking: They talked me into coming.n.1. An exchange of ideas or opinions; a conversation: We had a nice talk over lunch.2. A speech or lecture: He gave a talk on art.3. Hearsay, rumor, or speculation: There is talk of bankruptcy.4. A subject of conversation: a musical that is the talk of the town.5. often talks A conference or negotiation: peace talks.6. a. A particular manner of speech: baby talk; honeyed talk.b. Empty speech or unnecessary discussion: a lot of talk and no action.c. Jargon or slang: prison talk.7. Something, such as the sounds of animals, felt to resemble human talk: whale talk.Phrasal Verbs: talk around1. To persuade: I talked them around to my point of view.2. To speak indirectly about: talked around the subject but never got to the point. talk away To spend (a period of time) by talking: We talked the night away. talk at To address (someone) orally with no regard for or interest in a reaction or response. talk back To make an impertinent or insolent reply. talk down1. To think or speak of as having little worth; depreciate: talked down the importance of the move.2. To speak with insulting condescension: talked down to her subordinates.3. To silence (a person), especially by speaking in a loud and domineering manner.4. To direct and control (the flight of an aircraft during an approach for landing) by radioed instructions either from the ground or a nearby aircraft. talk out1. To discuss (a matter) exhaustively: I talked out the problem with a therapist.2. To resolve or settle by discussion.3. Chiefly British To block (proposed legislation) by filibustering. talk over1. To consider thoroughly in conversation; discuss: talked the matter over.2. To win (someone) over by persuasion: talked them over to our side. talk through To help (someone) do something by giving instructions as the task is being done. talk up1. To speak in favor of; promote: talked the candidate up; talked up the new product.2. To speak loudly in a frank, often insolent manner.Idioms: talk big Informal To brag. talk sense To speak rationally and coherently. talk the talk To speak knowledgeably about something, especially something that one claims or implies one can do well.

[Middle English talken; see del- in Indo-European roots.]Usage Note: The phrasal verbs talk about and (less commonly) talk of sometimes have a piece of writing as their subject, as in The article talks about the humanitarian crisis in the Sudan and The book talks of continuing barriers to free trade. While this usage might seem a natural semantic extension—no different, really, from the similar and widely accepted use of the word discuss—for many people talk remains primarily associated with speaking, and using it for a written medium violates a norm of standard grammar. The Usage Panel has mixed feelings about this construction. In our 2001 survey, 58 percent accepted it in the sentence The book talks about drugs that exist in many of our communities. Writers who wish to avoid the problem can use discuss or another nonspeaking verb such as argue or maintain instead.

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vb (adverb) 1. (often foll by: to) to behave (towards) in a superior or haughty manner2. (tr) to override (a person or argument) by continuous or loud talking3. (Aeronautics) (tr) to give instructions to (an aircraft) by radio to enable it to land

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Verb	1.	talk down - belittle through talkbelittle, denigrate, derogate, minimize - cause to seem less serious; play down; "Don't belittle his influence"
	2.	talk down - speak in a condescending manner, as if to a child; "He talks down to her"talk, speak - exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words"
	3.	talk down - direct and control (the flight of an airplane during landing) via radio; "the control tower talked down the plane whose pilot fell ill"direct - give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction; "I directed them towards the town hall"

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verb1. To engage in spoken exchange:chat, confabulate, converse, discourse, speak.Informal: confab, visit.2. To direct speech to:address, speak.3. To express oneself in speech:speak, verbalize, vocalize.Idioms: open one's mouth, put in words, wag one's tongue.4. To put into words:articulate, communicate, convey, declare, express, say, state, tell, utter, vent, verbalize, vocalize, voice.Idiom: give tongue to.5. To engage in or spread gossip:blab, gossip, noise, rumor, tattle, tittle-tattle, whisper.Idioms: tell tales, tell tales out of school.6. To meet and exchange views to reach a decision:advise, confer, consult, deliberate, parley.Informal: powwow.7. To give incriminating information about others, especially to the authorities:inform, tattle, tip (off).Informal: fink.Slang: rat, sing, snitch, squeal, stool.Idiom: blow the whistle.phrasal verb
talk backTo utter an impertinent rejoinder:talk up.Informal: sass, sauce.Idiom: give someone lip.phrasal verb
talk downTo think, represent, or speak of as small or unimportant:belittle, decry, denigrate, deprecate, depreciate, derogate, detract, discount, disparage, downgrade, minimize, run down, slight.Idiom: make light of.phrasal verb
talk intoTo succeed in causing (a person) to act in a certain way:argue into, bring, bring around (or round), convince, get, induce, persuade, prevail on (or upon), sell (on).phrasal verb
talk overTo speak together and exchange ideas and opinions about:bandy (about), discuss, moot, thrash out (or over), thresh out (or over), toss around.Informal: hash (over), kick around, knock about (or around).Slang: rap.Idiom: go into a huddle.phrasal verb
talk up1. To increase or seek to increase the importance or reputation of by favorable publicity:ballyhoo, boost, build up, enhance, promote, publicize, puff, tout.Informal: plug.Slang: hype.2. To make known vigorously the positive features of (a product):advertise, ballyhoo, build up, cry (up), popularize, promote, publicize.Informal: pitch, plug.Slang: push.3. To utter an impertinent rejoinder:talk back.Informal: sass, sauce.Idiom: give someone lip.noun1. Spoken exchange:chat, colloquy, confabulation, conversation, converse, dialogue, discourse, speech.Informal: confab.Slang: jaw.2. The faculty, act, or product of speaking:discourse, speech, utterance, verbalization, vocalization.3. A usually formal oral communication to an audience:address, allocution, declamation, lecture, oration, prelection, speech.4. The act or process of dealing with another to reach an agreement.Often used in plural:negotiation, parley.

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talk down

1. To speak in a way that demeans, depreciates, or diminishes something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "talk" and "down." The company spokesperson made a point of talking down the reported side effects of the drug. Stop talking the issue down like it isn't important, because it is!2. To silence or drown out someone, as in an argument or debate, especially by talking more loudly or persistently than them. A noun or pronoun can be used between "talk" and "down." I tried to bring up the allegations against the senator during the press conference, but she just kept talking me down. Even though she made much stronger points, her opponent was able to talk her down during the debate and was deemed the victor.3. To assist a pilot in landing an aircraft by giving instructions via radio or other means of long distance communication. A noun or pronoun can be used between "talk" and "down." We just received word from the pilot that his navigation equipment isn't working, so we're going to have to talk him down.4. To gently coax or persuade someone not to do something extreme or harmful; to calm someone down from an agitated and potentially dangerous frame of mind. A noun or pronoun can be used between "talk" and "down." James was so distraught after the breakup that I spent the rest of the night talking him down. Police are trained to talk down people who are considering harming themselves.See also: down, talk

talk down to (one)

To speak in an insultingly condescending manner to one; to speak to one as if they are less mature, intelligent, or capable than they really are. I try not to talk down to my kids when they ask me a serious question. I hate the way my boss talks down to me whenever I ask him to explain something.See also: down, talk

talk someone down

1. to win at debating someone. Liz was able to talk her opponent down. She talked down her opponent. 2. to direct a novice pilot to make a safe landing by giving spoken instructions over the airplane's radio. The people on the ground talked down the amateur pilot successfully. I wonder how many movies have been made about someone talking a pilot down. 3. to convince someone to lower the price of something. The price tag said $2,000 for the car, but I talked down the salesman by threatening to go elsewhere. This is my final offer. Don't try to talk me down.See also: down, talk

talk down

1. Belittle, depreciate, as in They talked down the importance of the move. 2. Silence someone by speaking loudly and persistently, as in They talked down whatever objections she brought up. [Early 1800s] 3. Help an aircraft to land by giving directions via radio, as in The fog was so thick the control tower had to talk us down. [c. 1940] 4. See talk down to. See also: down, talk

talk down

v.1. To try to convince others that something is minor or insignificant: The company president talked down the importance of the move. The sales manager talked the changes down so the staff wouldn't worry.2. To cause the price or value of a particular investment to decrease by talking about it or factors affecting it: The investors talked down the airline's stock price, spreading rumors about the management so that they could purchase the stock at a discount.3. To persuade someone to reduce an asking price: The customer talked the salesman down to $50 from a list price of $75. I managed to talk down the price of the used car.4. To speak in an overtly simple manner that betrays a feeling of superiority: The unpopular principal talked down to the students.5. To silence someone, especially by speaking in a loud and domineering manner: Every time we tried to say anything, they just talked us down. The crowd talked down the speaker.6. To direct and control the flight of some aircraft or of some pilot during an approach for landing by radioed instructions from either the ground or a nearby aircraft: The control tower talked down the damaged plane. The air controllers talked the shaken pilot down.See also: down, talk

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