Talk About

Definition: Talk About

Talk About

Verb

1. To consider or examine in speech or writing; "The article covered all the different aspects of this question"; "The class discussed Dante's 'Inferno'".

2. Discuss or mention; "They spoke of many things".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Talk About

Crosswords: Talk About

You talk about vengeance (The Godfather; writing credit: Francis Coppola and Mario Puzo. Based on the novel by Mario Puzo.)

You never talk about work (Groundhog Day; writing credit: Guy Ritchie)

Hey, don't talk about my father (Rush Hour; writing credit: Jim Kouf)

The first rule of fight club is, you don't talk about fight club (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls. Based on the novel by Chuck Palahniuk.)

But when I was about 18 and my dad and I couldn't communicate about anything at all, we could still talk about baseball (City Slickers; writing credit: Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, and Billy Crystal)

Let's give them something to talk about (Something To Talk About; performing artist: Bonnie Raitt)

We gotta talk about everything you hear (Playas Gon' Play; performing artist: 3LW)

And talk about the stars they could have been (Only In America; performing artist: Brooks & Dunn)

Now you wanna run around and talk about guns (Forgot About Dre; performing artist: Dr. dre)

To talk about the reasons why you and I fight (Head Games; performing artist: Foreigner)

When the bosses talk about improving productivity, they are never talking about themselves. (references; author: unknown)

Changes... 'Let's Talk About Them!' (1972)

Let's Talk About Films (1953)

Talk About a Stranger (1952)

Ladies They Talk About (1933)

Women They Talk About (1928)

Please Don't Talk About Me (performing artist: Louis Armstrong)

Talk About It (performing artist: Javelin Boot)

Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone (performing artist: Sammy Jr. Davis)

Let's Talk About Sex (performing artist: Salt-N-Pepa)

I WANNA TALK ABOUT ME (performing artist: TOBY KEITH)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Let's Talk About Being Bossy (Let's Talk About Series) (reference)

• Beyond Acceptance: Parents of Lesbians and Gays Talk About Their Experiences (reference)

• Plain Talk About Money: A Common Sense Approach to Accumulating Wealth and Keeping It (reference)

• Mothers Talk About Learning Disabilities: Personal Feelings, Practical Advise (reference)

• Voices of Diversity: Real People Talk About Problems and Solutions in a Workplace Where Everyone Is Not Alike (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Lets Talk About Safety (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Something to Talk About (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Let's Talk About Feelings (reference)

• Let's Talk About Girls/Peep Peep Pop Pop (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Stay Real : Straight Talk About Marijuana And Hashish - For Young People. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Medicine: Before You Take It, Talk About It!. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Talk About Perscriptions. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Speak Up America : Talk About Perscriptions / Design: Berns & Kay, Ltd. Illustration: Kathleen Carson. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Let's talk about the weather. Credit: Library of Congress.

Oh! Maryland, my Maryland. Talk about an organ!. Credit: Library of Congress.

A neighbor comes to talk about selling his horse to Oscar Gaither, tenant farmer near McLeansboro, Illinois. Credit: Library of Congress.

Women unite! : talk about what we can do, do what we talk about : child care, education, Indochina War, racism ... Credit: Library of Congress.

It's time for the people who talk about pollution to join the people who are doing something about it. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

This talk about free selling and buying, and all the other "brave words" of our bourgeoisie about freedom in general, have a meaning, if any, only in contrast with restricted selling and buying, with the fettered traders of the Middle Ages, but have no meaning when opposed to the Communistic abolition of buying and selling, of the bourgeois conditions of production, and of the bourgeoisie itself. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Then they began to talk about a melodrama which they had seen the evening before at La Gaite

In fact after some talk about their favourite writers Nash declared for Captain Marryat who, he said, was the greatest writer

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Health

Uses 2-3 word sentences to talk about and ask for things. (references)

Do not be afraid to ask questions and talk about your concerns. (references)

Talk about any allergies or reactions you have had to your medications. (references)

Business

At that time, it was more appropriate to talk about an automobile industry in Britain rather than a British automobile industry. (references)

Economic History

Morocco

The Casablanca Urban Commune continues to talk about the Casablanca solid waste management project. (references)

Human Rights

Uzbekistan

Law enforcement officials warned families not to talk about their relatives' deaths. (references)

Iraq

It was difficult to estimate the number of political prisoners, because the Government rarely acknowledges arrests or imprisonments, and families are afraid to talk about arrests. (references)

Travel

Botswana

Batswana like to talk about their special attachment to their "cattle post" (although it is considered rude to ask how many head of cattle one owns). (references)

Philippines

Where the Western businessperson thinks that time is gold and wants to get to the point immediately, the Filipino likes to be indirect, talk about mutual friends and family, exchange pleasantries, and joke. (references)

Women

Lebanon

In general battered or abused women do not talk about their suffering due to fear of bringing shame upon their own families or accusations of misbehavior upon themselves. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "talk about": talk about rude! ♦ talk about this and that. Additional references.

Bulgarian 

разговарям за, разисквам (agitate, discuss, dispute, moot, parley, reason, treat of), говоря за (purport, speak, speak of, talk of), обсъждам (agitate, argue, bethink, confer, consult, deliberate, discuss, parley, powwow, reason, revolve, talk over, ventilate), одумвам (gossip about, talk). (various references)

Chinese 

講述 (narrate an account). (various references)

French

rediscuter de, raconter (tale). (various references)

German

reden (discourse, monologues, orations, sayings, speak, speaking, speeches, talk, talking, to discourse, to speak), besprechen (consult, cure by incantation, discuss, review, talk over, to discuss, to review). (various references)

Greek 

μιλώ για (speak for). (various references)

Hungarian

beszél vmiről (to say sg about sg, to talk about, to talk of sg, to tell about), beszél vkiről (to talk about). (various references)

Indonesian

memburaskan, memburas (coax), membincangkan, membicarakan. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

芸談 (talk about art), 言い触らす (to spread a rumor, to talk about), 持ち切る (to hold all the while, to talk about nothing but), 巷説 (gossip, talk about town), 四方山話 (talk about various topics), 下掛かる (to talk about indecent things), 学� �の事�'話す (to speak about the school, to talk about school affairs), 別れ話 (talk about divorce or separation). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

がっ�"うの�"と�'はなす (to speak about the school, to talk about school affairs), しもがかる (to talk about indecent things), いいふらす (to spread a rumor, to talk about), �"うせつ (explanation, gossip, public, sexual intercourse, skill, snow, snowfall, tact, talk about town, workmanship, your opinion), わかればなし (talk about divorce or separation), もちきる (to hold all the while, to talk about nothing but), よもやまばなし (talk about various topics), �'い� �" (talk about art). (various references)

Maya

tzikbat (to talk about). (various references)

Pig Latin

alktay aboutay.(various references)

Portuguese

falar a respeito (cheek). (various references)

Spanish

seguir hablando de, platicar de, no parar de hablar de, no cesar de hablar de, hablar mucho de, hablar de (discuss, lecture, mention, talk over), conversar de, chismear de, charlar de (discuss). (various references)

Swedish

tala om (talk of, talk on, talk over, tell). (various references)

Turkish

söz etmek (mention, speak of), hakkında konuşmak (speak of, talk on, talk over, talk round), bahsetmek (advert, chew over, cite, discourse, make mention of, make noises, mention, refer, slip in, speak of, talk on, talk over, talk round). (various references)

Welsh

so+n am (allude to, mention), siarad am (speak about). (various references)

confabulabor, fari, for, for, fari, fatus. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: abuttal, outtalk.

-3 letters: ablaut, taluka.

-4 letters: about, battu, baulk, bloat, koala, tabla, taluk, total, tubal.

-5 letters: abut, alba, alto, auto, baal, balk, batt, blat, blot, boat, bola, bolt, bota, bott, bout, bulk, butt, kata, kola, lota, lout, tabu, taka, tala, talk, taut, tola, tolu, tout, tuba.