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talkedverbpast tense of talk to give a formal often extended talk on a subjectthe fire chief often talks at school assemblies about fire safety declaimed, descanted, discoursed, expatiated, harangued, lectured, orated, spoke recited, soliloquizeddisserted, expounded, pontificated, sermonizedmouthed, spoutedfilibustered held forth, took the floor to engage in casual or rambling conversationtalked with our neighbor as we unloaded the groceries from the car babbled, blabbed, cackled, chaffered(British), chatted, chattered, chinned(slang), conversed, gabbed, gabbled, gassed, jabbered, jawed, kibitzed(also kibbitzed), nattered, palavered, pattered, prated, prattled, ran on, rapped, rattled, schmoozed(or shmoozed), twittered, visited gossiped, tattleddescanted, discussed, expatiatedyakked(also yacked), yammered, yapped blew smoke, chewed the fat(also chewed the rag), shot the breeze, talked a blue streak to express (a thought or emotion) in wordsyou're talking nonsense: take a minute and think about what you are trying to say, and then start speaking articulated, brought out, enunciated, passed, said, spoke, stated, told, uttered, verbalized, vocalized aired, discussed, gave, looked, shared, sounded, vented, ventilated, voicedblabbered, blurted, bolted, got off, shotadvertised, announced, blazed, broadcast(also broadcasted), declared, posted, proclaimed, promulgated, publicized, publishedaffirmed, alleged, asserted, averred, avouched, avowedbreathed, chirped, drawled, gasped, lipped, mouthed, murmured, purred, shouted, spluttered, spouted, whisperedclothed(or clad), couched, formulated, formulized, phrased, put, wordedcommented, piped up (with), remarkedripped (out), snarled put into words stifled, suppressed to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activitiesafter being threatened, the eyewitness started talking at length about what he had seen in the alley finked, grassed (on)(British slang), informed, ratted (on), sang(or sung), snitched, split (on)(British), squeaked, squealed, told (on) betrayed, gave away, turned inbackstabbed, crossed, double-crossed, sold (out), two-timedblabbed, tattledtipped (off) dropped a dime (on) to relate sometimes questionable or secret information of a personal natureyou're a fine one to talk about your sister's marital problems when you have had plenty of your own blabbed, dished, gossiped, tattled, wagged bandied (about), circulated, noised (about or abroad), rumoredblabbered, disclosed, divulged, revealed, toldhinted, implied, insinuated, intimated, let on, suggestedinformed, reported, snitched, squealed, tipped (off)babbled, spilled(also spilt)confided spilled the beans clammed up, shut up |