Talking To

Definition: Talking To

Talking To

Noun

1. A lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to".

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

Synonyms: Talking To

Crosswords: Talking To

Frankie, I wasn't talking to you, now was I? I was talking to your Mama. (Sling Blade; writing credit: Charles Chaplin)

I wasn't talking to you Deeds. (Mr. Deeds; writing credit: Clarence Budington Kell; Robert Riskin)

No. No I'm not saying that at all. I do like you. I mean, it's my first party and I'm the host and I'm sitting here talking to you all night. (S.L.C. Punk!; writing credit: James Merendino.)

Funny enough, I was just talking to my friend about that. (Planes, Trains & Automobiles; writing credit: John Hughes.)

Hey! I'm talking to you! Now you've got about ten seconds before those guys see you, and when they do they will kill you do you understand? (Die Hard: With a Vengeance; writing credit: Jonathan Hensleigh)

But it's sure nice talking to you, Dad ("The Cat's in the Cradle"; performing artist: Harry Chapin)

Oh yes son I'm talking to you ("No Scrubs"; performing artist: TLC)

You're Just Jealous Because The Voices Are Talking To Me. (references; author: unknown)

Talking to a Stranger (1971)

Have You Thought of Talking to the Director (1962)

Talking to Americans (2001)

Have You Tried Talking to Patty? (1986)

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

Books

• Getting Through to Your Kids: Talking to Children About Sex, Drugs and Alcohol, Safety, Violence, Death, Smoking, Self-Esteem, and Other Critical iss (reference)

• Talking to Addison (reference)

• Talking to Yourself: Learning the Language of Self-Affirmation (reference)

• Talking to Heaven: A Medium's Message of Life After Death (reference)

• Ht Hear from God: How to Know When God Is Talking to You (reference)

  (more book examples)

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

A PHS physician talking to a nurse in the duty station of a hospital ward.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

[Man with toothache talking to the dentist] / O. Elkan.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

[American servicemen talking to wounded British and French soldiers].Credit: National Library of Medicine.

U.S. American National Red Cross : Capt. G.E. West ARC, talking to wounded. [Argonne Forest, France].Credit: National Library of Medicine.

U.S. American National Red Cross : Capt. G.E. West ARC, talking to wounded. [Argonne Forest, France].Credit: National Library of Medicine.

[A girl and a boy (three-quarter length portrait, facing left) standing inside the opened door of a police car talking to a Montgomery County Police officer (full-length portrait, facing left) seated in the police car] Esther Bubley.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

[Police officer talking to a group of children holding fishing poles] Stephen Marinuzzi.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

[Police officer talking to a group of children holding fishing poles] Stephen Marinuzzi.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Instead of drawing his brother off to a window while they waited for dinner, he was talking to Miss Fairfax.

But don't come talking to me about the consolations of religion or I shall suspect that you don't understand.

And Bruno went on in a low, rapid tone, more as if he were talking to himself.

Talking to yourself is a sign of impending mental collapse.

She was talking to (r)Mademoiselle upon a familiar subject, and one to which the bishop was quite accustomed.

Uncle Charles and Mr Dedalus pulled Mr Casey back into his chair again, talking to him from both sides reasonably.

Eugene: You don't get too far talking to Laurie.

The women and the children watched their men talking to the owner men.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Talking to our children about drug abuse is not always easy, but it is very important. (references)

People should not give up or avoid eating these foods without talking to their doctor first. (references)

Try talking to your doctor, nurse, social worker, or a member of the clergy with whom you feel comfortable. (references)

Business

Technology that enables customers to stay connected to the web page while they are talking to the call-center operator. (references)

The technology will enable customers to stay connected to the web page while they are talking to the call-center operator. (references)

Participating in technical seminars for teachers or association meetings may be very effective, because it means talking to the final users. (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.

Albanian

sharje (abuse, animadversion, bad language, chastisement, curse, damn, dispraise, dressing down, embroilment, invective, lashing, mudslinging, oath, obscenities, quarrel, scolding, swear word, swearing, vituperation, wigging), qortim (admonition, chiding, correction, exception, objurgation, observation, rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, reprobation, reproof, rowing, schooling, scolding, set down, snub, telling off, twit, wigging). (various references)

Arabic 

‏تقريع (censure), ‏توبيخ (admonition, censure, correction, dressing down, lesson, objurgation, rap, rating, rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, reproof, scolding, telling off, upbraiding, wig), ‏تعنيف (check, objurgation, rebuke, scolding, wigging). (various references)

Bulgarian 

смъмряне (admonition), мъмрене (caution, lecture, objurgation, rebuke, reprimand, rowing, scolding). (various references)

Czech

vyhubování. (various references)

Finnish

ripitys (confession, lecture). (various references)

French

attrapade. (various references)

Greek 

κατσάδα (dressing down, roasting, scolding, telling off, tirade). (various references)

Hungarian

dorgálás (admonition, carpeting, dressing down, rating, reprimand, ticking). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

馬耳東風 (praying to deaf ears, talking to the wall, utter indifference), 独話 (conducting a monologue, talking to oneself), 独白 (monologue, soliloquy, talking to oneself). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ばじとうふう (praying to deaf ears, talking to the wall, utter indifference), どくわ (conducting a monologue, German-Japanese, talking to oneself), どくはく (monologue, soliloquy, talking to oneself). (various references)

Pig Latin

alkingtay otay.(various references)

Portuguese

reprimenda (caution, censure, disapproval, lesson, objurgatory, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, snub, what for), repreensão (admonition, brushoff, censure, chide, exhortation, expostulation, faultfinding, impeachment, lecture, lesson, rag, rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, scolding, slur, snap, snub, trimming, upbringing, wigging). (various references)

Russian 

выговор (curtain lecture, dressing down, jobation, objurgation, rating, rebuke, reprimand, reproof, rowing, schooling, set-down, snub, talking-to, telling off, telling-off). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

razgovaranje. (various references)

Swedish

utskällning (dressing down, dusting, name calling, name-calling, scolding, telling off), åthutning (reprimand). (various references)

Turkish

azar (earful, going-over, jaw, lashing, lecture, objurgation, rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, reproof, reproval, rocket, scolding, slating, telling off, tongue-lashing, trimming), çıkışma. (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

-1 letter: totaling.

-2 letters: antilog, lotting, talking.

-3 letters: galiot, gitano, kalong, kaolin, kation, laking, latigo, latino, lattin, taking, talion, tiglon, toking, toling, toting.

-4 letters: algin, align, aloin, along, atilt, giant, glint, gloat, gonia, ingot, kiang, klong, liang, ligan, linga, lingo, logan, logia, notal, taint, takin, talon, tango, tanto, tigon, tilak, titan, tolan, tonal, tonga, total.

-5 letters: agin, agio, agon, akin, alit, alto, anil, anti, gain, gait, gaol, gilt, gink, glia, gnat, goal, goat, ikat, ikon, ilka, into, iota, kail, kain, kaon, kiln, kilo, kilt, kina, king, kino, knit, knot, koan, kola, lain, lang, lank, lati, ling, link, lino, lint, lion, loan, loin, long, lota, loti, nail, naoi, noil, nota, oink, tail, tain, tali, talk, tang, tank, tilt, ting, tint, toga, toil, toit, tola, tong.

+1 letter: outtalking.

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