talking
/ˈtɔːkɪŋ
/adjective [attributive]
1Engaging in speech.The best part of the movie are the Ents - big, talking trees....
- Kent Association for the Blind wants an editor for its talking newspaper for Dartford.
- I never stopped dreaming that one day I would be crossing a bridge and a talking troll would be underneath.
1.1(Of an animal or object) able to make sounds similar to those of speech: the world’s greatest talking bird...
- Yap had talked about his encounter with a magical talking fish who took him beneath the ocean and made him Lord of the Seas.
- Needless to say the female customer at the bar was shocked by the insolent talking beast.
- But her biggest role came opposite a talking gorilla in Congo.
1.2Silently expressive: he did have talking eyes...
- Today this self-assured child arrives at school with a bounce in her step and a talking smile on her face.
- He put down his sandwich, stared at me, into me, with talking eyes.
noun [mass noun]
The action of talking; speech or discussion: I’ll do the talking—you just back me up...
- We chatted for a while and the chatting moved quite smoothly, well as smoothly as talking can when there is competing loud music.
- A small part of the surveyees said they had been subject to sexual harassment through the telephone or direct talking.
- The issue of whether sport and politics should mix is a thorny one which endless talking will not smooth out.
Phrases
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