talking
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɔːkɪŋ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɔkɪŋ/
- (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈtɑkɪŋ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔːkɪŋ
- Hyphenation: talk‧ing
Etymology 1
From Middle English talkynge, equivalent to talk + -ing.
Noun
talking (countable and uncountable, plural talkings)
- The action of the verb talk.
- 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 4293071:
- It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant.
- 1864–65, Anthony Trollope, Can You Forgive Her?
- He did not himself care for the loose little talkings, half flat and half sharp, of men when they meet together in idleness.
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Etymology 2
From Middle English talkyng, talkynge, equivalent to talk + -ing.
Verb
talking
- present participle of talk
Derived terms
Derived terms
- look who's talking
- now you're talking
- shit talking
- talking book
- talking clock
- talking drum
- talking drummer
- talking head
- talking out of turn
- talking over someone's head
- talking point
- talking shop
- talking statue
- talking-to
- that's what I'm talking about
- trash-talking
Related terms
Related terms
- fast-talking
- now you're talking
- sweet-talking
- talking a blue streak
- talking about
- talking a mile a minute
- talking around
- talking back
- talking down
- talking in circles
- talking out
- talking over
- talking past
- talking shop
- talking smack
- talking through one's hat
- talking trash
- talking turkey
- talking up