1. An exchange of ideas via conversation
   "let's have more work and less talking around here";
   - talk

1. Exchange thoughts; convey ideas
   "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words";
   - speak
    
2. Express in speech
   "She talks a lot of nonsense";
   - speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise [Brit]
    
3. Use language
   "the baby talks already";
   - speak
    
4. Reveal information
   "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!";
   - spill
    
5. Divulge confidential information or secrets
   "Be careful — his secretary talks";
   - spill the beans [informal], let the cat out of the bag, tattle, blab [informal], peach [informal], babble, sing [informal], babble out, blab out [informal], give the game away
    
6. Deliver a lecture or talk
   "She will talk at Rutgers next week";
   - lecture

Derived forms: talkings

See also: mouth off [informal], speak for

Type of: break, bring out, communicate, conversation, convo [Austral, informal], disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, instruct, intercommunicate, lay bare, learn [archaic], let on, let out, reveal, teach, tell, uncover, unwrap

Encyclopedia: Talking