English > talking: 1 sense > noun 1, communication| Meaning | An exchange of ideas via conversation. |
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| Synonym | talk |
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| Narrower | cant, pious platitude | insincere talk / talk about religion or morals |
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| dialogue, dialog, duologue | A conversation between two persons |
| heart-to-heart | An intimate talk in private |
| shmooze | (Yiddish) a warm / warm heart-to-heart talk |
| shop talk | talk / talk about your business that only others in the same business can understand |
| wind, malarkey, malarky, idle words, jazz, nothingness | Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk |
| yak, yack, yakety-yak, chatter, cackle | noisy talk |
| Broader | conversation | The use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc. |
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| Spanish | charla, charloteo, conversación, garla |
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| Catalan | parlada, xerrada |
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| Verbs | talk | exchange thoughts |
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