To make known or interchange thoughts by means of spoken words; converse: especially implying informal speech and colloquy, or the presence of a hearer.To speak incessantly or impertinently; chatter; prate; gossip.To communicate ideas through the medium of written characters, gestures, signs, or any other substitute for oral speech.To have or exercise the power of speech; utter words; also, to imitate the sound of spoken words, as some birds, mechanical contrivances, etc.To consult; confer.To produce sounds suggestive of speech.To expostulate with; reprove; rebuke.Synonyms and Speak, Talk. See speak, v. i.To utter; articulate; enunciate.To express in words; make known orally; tell: as, to talk treason; to talk common sense.To discourse about; speak of; discuss: as, to talk philosophy; to talk shop.To use as a spoken language; express one's self orally in: as, to talk French or German.To bring, send, induce, influence, or otherwise affect by speech: used in many phrases: as, to talk one into compliance; to talk one's tongue weary.To pass or spend in talking: with away: as, to talk away an evening.To go over in conversation; review; discuss.n. Discourse; speech; especially, the familiar oral intercourse of two or more persons; conversation.n. Report; rumor; gossip.n. A subject or occasion of talk, especially of gossip; a theme.n. A more or less formal or public discussion conducted by a body of men, or by two opposing parties, concerning mattery of common interest; a negotiation; a conference; a palaver.n. Language; speech; lingo.n. An obsolete spelling of talc.