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talk
​NOUN:

1. the act of talking; speech; conversation, especially of a familiar or informal kind.

2. an informal speech or lecture.

3. a conference or negotiating session: 
peace talks.

4. report or rumor; gossip: 
There is a lot of talk going around about her.

5. a subject or occasion of talking, especially of gossip: 
Your wild escapades are the talk of the neighborhood.

6. mere empty speech: 
That's just a lot of talk.

7. a way of talking: 
a halting, lisping talk.

8. language, dialect, or lingo.

9. signs or sounds imitative or suggestive of speech, as the noise made by loose parts in a mechanism.

10. a speech or lecture:
a talk on ancient Rome.

11. an exchange of ideas or thoughts:
a business talk with a colleague.

12. idle chatter, gossip, or rumor:
there has been a lot of talk about you two.

13. a subject of conversation; theme:
our talk was of war.

14. (often plural) a conference, discussion, or negotiation:
talks about a settlement.

15. a specific manner of speaking:
children's talk.

16. the act or an instance of talking; speech.

17. a way of speaking; language.

18. pointless or fruitless discussion; verbiage.

19. a formal discussion, negotiation, or exchange of views —often used in plural.

20. mention, report.

21. rumor, gossip.

22. the topic of interested comment, conversation, or gossip: 
it's the talk of the town.

23. address, lecture.

24. written analysis or discussion presented in an informal or conversational manner.

25. communicative sounds or signs resembling or functioning as talk: 
bird talk.

Origin:

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English talk(i)en “to converse, speak,” derivative (with -k suffix) of tale “speech, discourse,” tale; cognate with Frisian (eastern dialect) talken. Dictionary 2: C13 talkien to talk; related to Old English talu tale, Frisian talken to talk. —Dictionary.com. // 

First Known Use of talk: Verb: 13th century. Noun: 14th century. History and Etymology for talk: Verb: Middle English; akin to Old English talu tale. —Merriam-Webster.

Sources: 1, 2.

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