Word Meanings - TALKING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. That talks; able to utter words; as, a talking parrot. 2. Given to talk; loquacious. The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made. Goldsmith.

Related words: (words related to TALKING)

• UTTERLY
  In an utter manner; to the full extent; fully; totally; as, utterly ruined; it is utterly vain.
• UTTERNESS
  The quality or state of being utter, or extreme; extremity; utmost; uttermost.
• WORDSMAN
  One who deals in words, or in mere words; a verbalist. "Some speculative wordsman." H. Bushnell.
• SHADELESS
  Being without shade; not shaded.
• SHADEFUL
  Full of shade; shady.
• UTTER
  1. Outer. "Thine utter eyen." Chaucer. "By him a shirt and utter mantle laid." Chapman. As doth an hidden moth The inner garment fret, not th' utter touch. Spenser. 2. Situated on the outside, or extreme limit; remote from the center; outer.
• LOQUACIOUSNESS
  Loquacity.
• PARROTER
  One who simply repeats what he has heard. J. S. Mill.
• LOQUACIOUS
  speak; cf. Gr. 1. Given to continual talking; talkative; garrulous. Loquacious, brawling, ever in the wrong. Dryden. 2. Speaking; expressive. J. Philips. 3. Apt to blab and disclose secrets. Syn. -- Garrulous; talkative. See Garrulous.
• BENEATH
  1. Lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; hence, at the foot of. "Beneath the mount." Ex. xxxii.
• UTTERMOST
  Extreme; utmost; being; in the farthest, greatest, or highest degree; as, the uttermost extent or end. "In this uttermost distress." Milton.
• TALK
  OD. tolken to interpret, MHG. tolkan to interpret, to tell, to speak indistinctly, Dan. tolke to interpret, Sw. tolka, Icel. t to interpret, t an interpreter, Lith. tulkas an interpreter, tulkanti, tulkoti, to interpret, Russ. tolkovate
• UTTERMORE
  Further; outer; utter. Holland.
• WHISPERER
  1. One who whispers. 2. A tattler; one who tells secrets; a conveyer of intelligence secretly; hence; a backbiter; one who slanders secretly. Prov. xvi.
• PARROT
  In a general sense, any bird of the order Psittaci. (more info) pierrot is also the name of the sparrow. Cf. Paroquet, Petrel,
• UTTERLESS
  Incapable of being uttered. A clamoring debate of utterless things. Milton.
• LOQUACIOUSLY
  In a loquacious manner.
• TALKATIVE
  Given to much talking. Syn. -- Garrulous; loquacious. See Garrulous. -- Talk"a*tive*ly, adv. -- Talk"a*tive*ness, n.
• UTTERER
  One who utters. Spenser.
• GIVEN
  p. p. & a. from Give, v.
• UNUTTERABLE
  Not utterable; incapable of being spoken or voiced; inexpressible; ineffable; unspeakable; as, unutterable anguish. Sighed and looked unutterable things. Thomson. -- Un*ut"ter*a*ble*ness, n. -- Un*ut"ter*a*bly, adv.
• MUTTERER
  One who mutters.
• STALKY
  Hard as a stalk; resembling a stalk. At the top bears a great stalky head. Mortimer.
• GUTTER
  1. A channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; an eaves channel; an eaves trough. 2. A small channel at the roadside or elsewhere, to lead off surface water. Gutters running with ale. Macaulay. 3. Any narrow channel or groove;
• BUTTER-SCOTCH
  A kind of candy, mainly composed of sugar and butter. Dickens.
• STRAW-CUTTER
  An instrument to cut straw for fodder.
• DOUBLE-SHADE
  To double the natural darkness of . Milton.
• UNTALKED
  Not talked; not mentioned; -- often with of. Shak.
• OVERSHADE
  To cover with shade; to render dark or gloomy; to overshadow. Shak.
• SWARD-CUTTER
  A plow for turning up grass land. A lawn mower.
• SWORDSMANSHIP
  The state of being a swordsman; skill in the use of the sword. Cowper.
• PUTTER-ON
  An instigator. Shak.
• SLUTTERY
  The qualities and practices of a slut; sluttishness; slatternlines. Drayton.
• FLUTTER
  1. To vibrate or move quickly; as, a bird flutters its wings. 2. To drive in disorder; to throw into confusion. Like an eagle in a dovecote, I Fluttered your Volscians in Corioli. Shak.
• TROILUS BUTTERFLY
  A large American butterfly . It is black, with yellow marginal spots on the front wings, and blue on the rear.