The DICT Development Group

  talk
      n 1: an exchange of ideas via conversation; "let's have more
           work and less talk around here" [syn: talk, talking]
      2: discussion; (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for
         `discussion of'); "his poetry contains much talk about love
         and anger"
      3: the act of giving a talk to an audience; "I attended an
         interesting talk on local history"
      4: a speech that is open to the public; "he attended a lecture
         on telecommunications" [syn: lecture, public lecture,
         talk]
      5: idle gossip or rumor; "there has been talk about you lately"
         [syn: talk, talk of the town]
      v 1: exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business";
           "Actions talk louder than words" [syn: talk, speak]
      2: express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This
         depressed patient does not verbalize" [syn: talk, speak,
         utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise]
      3: use language; "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't
         speak"; "they speak a strange dialect" [syn: speak, talk]
      4: reveal information; "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!";
         "The former employee spilled all the details" [syn: spill,
         talk]
      5: divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his
         secretary talks" [syn: spill the beans, let the cat out of
         the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble,
         sing, babble out, blab out] [ant: keep one's mouth
         shut, keep quiet, shut one's mouth]
      6: deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next
         week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?" [syn: lecture,
         talk]