Word

talk, n.
(talks)
freq. cnt. 14

an exchange of ideas via conversation
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 1

talk talking

sample sentences

"let's have more work and less talk around here"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

talk talk talk talk

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

talk

semantic pointers

hypernym

conversation

hyponym

cant, pious platitude dialogue, dialog, duologue heart-to-heart shmooze shop talk wind, malarkey, malarky, idle words, jazz, nothingness chatter, yak, yack, yakety-yak, cackle

the act of giving a talk to an audience
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

talk

sample sentences

"I attended an interesting talk on local history"

semantic pointers

hypernym

lecturing, lecture

hyponym

chalk talk

discussion; (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of')
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

talk

sample sentences

"his poetry contains much talk about love and anger"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

talk talk

semantic pointers

hypernym

discussion, treatment, discourse

idle gossip or rumor
<noun.communication>

talk talk of the town

sample sentences

"there has been talk about you lately"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

talky talk

semantic pointers

hypernym

gossip, comment, scuttlebutt

a speech that is open to the public
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 1

lecture public lecture talk

sample sentences

"he attended a lecture on telecommunications"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lectureship lecture

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

talk

semantic pointers

hypernym

speech, address