2. To deliver in talking; to speak; to utter; to make a
subject of conversation; as, to talk nonsense; to talk
politics.
3. To consume or spend in talking; -- often followed by away;
as, to talk away an evening.
4. To cause to be or become by talking. ``They would talk
themselves mad.'' --Shak.
{To talk over}.
(a) To talk about; to have conference respecting; to
deliberate upon; to discuss; as, to talk over a matter
or plan.
(b) To change the mind or opinion of by talking; to
convince; as, to talk over an opponent.
I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you,
walk with you, and so following, but I will not eat
with you. --Shak.
2. To confer; to reason; to consult.
Let me talk with thee of thy judgments. --Jer. xii.
1.
3. To prate; to speak impertinently. [Colloq.]
{To talk of}, to relate; to tell; to give an account of; as,
authors talk of the wonderful remains of Palmyra. ``The
natural histories of Switzerland talk much of the fall of
these rocks, and the great damage done.'' --Addison.
{To talk to}, to advise or exhort, or to reprove gently; as,
I will talk to my son respecting his conduct. [Colloq.]
In various talk the instructive hours they passed.
--Pope.
Their talk, when it was not made up of nautical
phrases, was too commonly made up of oaths and
curses. --Macaulay.
2. Report; rumor; as, to hear talk of war.
I hear a talk up and down of raising our money.
--Locke.
3. Subject of discourse; as, his achievment is the talk of
the town.
Syn: Conversation; colloquy; discourse; chat; dialogue;
conference; communication. See {Conversation}.