talk turkey
1: discuss frankly, often in a business context
talkative
1: full of trivial conversation; "kept from her housework by gabby neighbors" [syn: {chatty}, {gabby}, {garrulous}, {loquacious}, {talky}] 2: unwisely talking too much [syn: {bigmouthed}, {blabbermout...
talkatively
1: in a chatty loquacious manner; "`When I was young,' she continued loquaciously, `I used to do all sorts of naughty things'" [syn: {loquaciously}, {garrulously}, {talkily}]
talkativeness
1: the quality of being wordy and talkative [syn: {garrulity}, {garrulousness}, {loquaciousness}, {loquacity}]
talker
1: someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous); "the speaker at commencement"; "an utterer of useful maxims" ...
talker identification
1: identification of a person from the sound of their voice [syn: {speaker identification}]
talkie
1: a movie with synchronized speech and singing [syn: {talking picture}]
talkily
1: in a chatty loquacious manner; "`When I was young,' she continued loquaciously, `I used to do all sorts of naughty things'" [syn: {loquaciously}, {garrulously}, {talkatively}]
talking
1: uttering speech; "talking heads" [syn: {talking(a)}] n : an exchange of ideas via conversation; "let's have more work and less talk around here" [syn: {talk}]
talking book
1: sound recording of someone reading a book; frequently used by blind people
talking head
1: a talker on television who talks directly into the cameras and whose upper body is all that is shown on the screen
talking picture
1: a movie with synchronized speech and singing [syn: {talkie}]
talking point
1: an especially persuasive point helping to support an argument or discussion
talking to
1: a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" [syn: {lecture}, {speech}]
talks
1: a discussion intended to produce an agreement; "the buyout negotiation lasted several days"; "they disagreed but kept an open dialogue"; "talks between Israelis and Palestinians" [syn: {negotiation...
talky
1: full of trivial conversation; "kept from her housework by gabby neighbors" [syn: {chatty}, {gabby}, {garrulous}, {loquacious}, {talkative}] [also: {talkiest}, {talkier}]
tall
1: great in vertical dimension; high in stature; "tall people"; "tall buildings"; "tall trees"; "tall ships" [ant: {short}] 2: lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realiz...
tall bellflower
1: annual or perennial of eastern North America with long spikes of blue or white flowers [syn: {Campanula americana}]
tall bilberry
1: high-growing deciduous shrub of eastern North America bearing edible blueish to blackish berries with a distinct bloom; source of most cultivated blueberries [syn: {high-bush blueberry}, {swamp blu...
tall buttercup
1: perennial European buttercup with yellow spring flowers widely naturalized especially in eastern North America [syn: {meadow buttercup}, {tall crowfoot}, {tall field buttercup}, {Ranunculus acris}]
tall crowfoot
1: perennial European buttercup with yellow spring flowers widely naturalized especially in eastern North America [syn: {meadow buttercup}, {tall buttercup}, {tall field buttercup}, {Ranunculus acris}...
tall cupflower
1: shrubby Chilean herb having bluish-white tubular flowers used as an ornamental [syn: {Nierembergia frutescens}]
tall field buttercup
1: perennial European buttercup with yellow spring flowers widely naturalized especially in eastern North America [syn: {meadow buttercup}, {tall buttercup}, {tall crowfoot}, {Ranunculus acris}]
tall mallow
1: erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States [syn: {high mallow}, {cheese}, {cheeseflower}, {Malva sylvestris}]
tall meadow grass
1: coarse perennial Eurasian grass resembling oat; found on roadside verges and rough grassland and in hay meadows; introduced in North America for forage [syn: {tall oat grass}, {evergreen grass}, {f...
tall oat grass
1: coarse perennial Eurasian grass resembling oat; found on roadside verges and rough grassland and in hay meadows; introduced in North America for forage [syn: {tall meadow grass}, {evergreen grass},...
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tall oil
1: an oil derived from wood pulp and used in making soaps or lubricants
tall order
1: a formidable task or requirement; "finishing in time was a tall order but we did it" [syn: {large order}]
tall sunflower
1: very tall American perennial of central and the eastern United States to Canada having edible tuberous roots [syn: {giant sunflower}, {Indian potato}, {Helianthus giganteus}]
tall tale
1: an improbable (unusual or incredible or fanciful) story
tall white violet
1: tall North American perennial with heart-shaped leaves and purple-streaked white flowers [syn: {Canada violet}, {white violet}, {Viola canadensis}]
tall-grass
1: any of various grasses that are tall and that flourish with abundant moisture [syn: {tallgrass}]
tall-growing
1: (of plants) having tall spindly stems [syn: {leggy}]
Tallahassee
1: capital of the state of Florida; located in northern Florida [syn: {capital of Florida}]
Tallapoosa
1: river that rieses in northwestern Georgia and flows southwest through central Alabama to join the Coosa River near Montgomery and form the Alabama River [syn: {Tallapoosa River}]
Tallapoosa River
1: river that rieses in northwestern Georgia and flows southwest through central Alabama to join the Coosa River near Montgomery and form the Alabama River [syn: {Tallapoosa}]
tallboy
1: a tall chest of drawers divided into two sections and supported on four legs [syn: {highboy}]
Tallchief
1: United States ballerina who promoted American ballet through tours and television appearances (born in 1925) [syn: {Maria Tallchief}]
Talleyrand
1: French statesman (1754-1838) [syn: {Charles Maurice de Talleyrand}]
tallgrass
1: any of various grasses that are tall and that flourish with abundant moisture [syn: {tall-grass}]
Tallin
1: a port city on the Gulf of Finland that is the capital and largest city of Estonia [syn: {Tallinn}, {capital of Estonia}]
Tallinn
1: a port city on the Gulf of Finland that is the capital and largest city of Estonia [syn: {Tallin}, {capital of Estonia}]
Tallis
1: English organist and composer of church and secular music; was granted a monopoly in music printing with William Byrd (1505-1585) [syn: {Thomas Tallis}] 2: (Judaism) a shawl with a ritually knotted...
tallith
1: (Judaism) a shawl with a ritually knotted fringe at each corner; worn by Jews at morning prayer [syn: {prayer shawl}, {tallis}] [also: {tallitoth} (pl), {tallithes} (pl), {tallaisim} (pl)]
tallness
1: the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top [syn: {height}] 2: the property of being taller than average stature [ant: {shortness}]
tallow
1: obtained from suet and used in making soap, candles and lubricants
tallow oil
1: an animal oil obtained by pressing tallow; used as a lubricant
tally
1: a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely; "the Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th"; "their first tally came in the 3rd inning" [syn: {run}] 2: a bill for an a...
tally clerk
1: one who keeps a tally of quantity or weight of goods produced or shipped or received [syn: {tallyman}]
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