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cross talk
noun
- interference heard on a telephone or radio because of unintentional coupling to another communication channel.
- incidental conversation; chatter, as opposed to formal discussion:
The meeting was slowed by cross talk between board members.
- British. witty, fast-paced dialogue, especially in a play, comic act, etc.; repartee.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cross talk1
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Example Sentences
During the process of dressing there was a great deal of "cross-talk" going on at Queen's that night.
If this were not so, cross-talk would exist between the telephones of the operators' positions connected to the same battery.
I know pa used to talk and tell us things and if I didn't believe it, I didn't give him no cross talk.
The torments, inflicted on my suspense by a pair of cross-talk comedians, cannot be surpassed in hell.
As a matter of fact, he was hearing the first genuine cross-talk that had ever occurred in those dim, pre-music-hall days.
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