talk
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Is talk a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of talk?
Definition
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To communicate, usually by means of speech.Examples: "Let's sit down and talk."; "Although I don't speak Chinese, I managed to talk with the villagers using signs and gestures."; "I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so following, but I will not eat with you."intransitive
2. (transitive, informal) To discuss; to talk about.Examples: "They sat down to talk business."; "That's enough about work, let's talk holidays!"informaltransitive
3. (transitive) To speak (a certain language).Examples: "We talk French sometimes."transitive
4. (transitive, informal, chiefly used in progressive tenses) Used to emphasise the importance, size, complexity etc. of the thing mentioned.Examples: "Are you interested in the job? They're talking big money."; "We're not talking rocket science here: it should be easy."informaltransitive
5. (intransitive, slang) To confess, especially implicating others.Examples: "Suppose he talks?"; "She can be relied upon not to talk."; "They tried to make me talk."intransitiveslang
6. (intransitive) To criticize someone for something of which one is guilty oneself.Examples: "I am not the one to talk."; "She is a fine one to talk."; "You should talk."intransitive
noun (English)
1. (uncountable) Gossip; rumour.Examples: "There's been talk lately about the two of them."uncountable
2. (preceded by the; often qualified by a following of) A major topic of social discussion.Examples: "She is the talk of the day."; "The musical is the talk of the town."countableuncountable
3. (preceded by the) A customary conversation by parent(s) or guardian(s) with their (often teenage) child about a reality of life; in particular:Examples: "Have you had the talk with Jay yet? I found a condom in his room."countableuncountable
4. (preceded by the) A customary conversation by parent(s) or guardian(s) with their (often teenage) child about a reality of life; in particular:Examples: "Later, I made sure to have the talk with my son about being a black boy, […]"; "All the black parents I have ever spoken to have had “the talk” with their sons and daughters. “The talk” is a conversation about how to behave and not to behave with police."; "Now, I was a black man in the South, and my folks had had “the talk” with me. No, not the one about the birds and bees. This one is about the black man and the police."UScountableuncountable
5. (uncountable, not preceded by an article) Empty boasting, promises or claims.Examples: "The party leader's speech was all talk."uncountable
6. (usually in the plural) Meeting to discuss a particular matter.Examples: "The leaders of the G8 nations are currently in talks over nuclear weapons."Synonyms: conference, debate, discussion, meetingcountableplural-normallyuncountable
Definition source: Wiktionary