talk sense

To articulate (words): The baby is talking sentences now.

To give expression to in words: talk treason.

To speak of or discuss (something): talk music; talk business;

To speak or know how to speak in (an idiom or language): talked French with the flight crew.

To gain, influence, or bring into a specified state by talking: talked me into coming; talked their way out of trouble.

To spend (a period of time) by or as if by talking: talked the evening away.

To converse by means of spoken language: We talked for hours. See Synonyms at speak.

To articulate words: The baby can talk.

To imitate the sounds of human speech: The parrot talks.

To express one's thoughts or emotions by means of spoken language: talked about the pros and cons of the issue.

To convey one's thoughts in a way other than by spoken words: talk with one's hands.

To express one's thoughts in writing: Voltaire talks about London in this book.

To parley or negotiate with someone: Let's talk before continuing to fight.

To spread rumors; gossip: If you do that, people will talk.

To allude to something: Are you talking about last week?

To consult or confer with someone: I talked with the doctor.

To reveal information concerning oneself or others, especially under pressure: Has the prisoner talked?

Informal To be efficacious: Money talks.

An exchange of ideas or opinions; a conversation.

A speech or lecture.

Hearsay, rumor, or speculation: There is talk of bankruptcy.

A subject of conversation: a musical that is the talk of the town.

A conference or negotiation. Often used in the plural: peace talks.

Jargon; slang: prison talk.

Empty speech or unnecessary discussion: much talk and no action.

A particular manner of speech: baby talk; honeyed talk.

Something, such as the sounds of animals, felt to resemble human talk: whale talk.

To persuade: I talked them around to my point of view.

To speak indirectly about: talked around the subject but never got to the point.

To make an impertinent or insolent reply.

To make a belligerent response: heavy guns talking back.

To depreciate: talked down the importance of the move.

To speak with insulting condescension: talked down to her subordinates.

To silence (a person), especially by speaking in a loud and domineering manner.

To direct and control (the flight of an aircraft during an approach for landing) by radioed instructions either from the ground or a nearby aircraft.

To discuss (a matter) exhaustively: I talked out the problem with a therapist.

To resolve or settle by discussion.

Chiefly British To block (proposed legislation) by filibustering.

To consider thoroughly in conversation; discuss: talked the matter over.

To win (someone) over by persuasion: talked them over to our side.

To speak in favor of; promote: talked the candidate up; talked up the new product.

To speak up in a frank, often insolent manner.

To persuade: I talked them around to my point of view.

To speak indirectly about: talked around the subject but never got to the point.

To make an impertinent or insolent reply.

To make a belligerent response: heavy guns talking back.

To depreciate: talked down the importance of the move.

To speak with insulting condescension: talked down to her subordinates.

To silence (a person), especially by speaking in a loud and domineering manner.

To direct and control (the flight of an aircraft during an approach for landing) by radioed instructions either from the ground or a nearby aircraft.

To discuss (a matter) exhaustively: I talked out the problem with a therapist.

To resolve or settle by discussion.

Chiefly British To block (proposed legislation) by filibustering.

To consider thoroughly in conversation; discuss: talked the matter over.

To win (someone) over by persuasion: talked them over to our side.

To speak in favor of; promote: talked the candidate up; talked up the new product.

To speak up in a frank, often insolent manner.