talking

English Online Dictionary. What means talking‎? What does talking mean?

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔːkɪŋ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔkɪŋ/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑkɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɔːkɪŋ
• Hyphenation: talk‧ing

Etymology 1

From Middle English talkynge, equivalent to talk +‎ -ing.

Noun

talking (countable and uncountable, plural talkings)

1. The action of the verb talk.
   • 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

1. present participle and gerund of talk

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