talking
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɔːkɪŋ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɔkɪŋ/
- (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈtɑkɪŋ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔːkɪŋ
- Hyphenation: talk‧ing
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English talkynge, equivalent to talk + -ing.
Noun edit
talking (countable and uncountable, plural talkings)
- The action of the verb talk.
- 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
- It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant.
- 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 edit
From Middle English talkyng, talkynge, equivalent to talk + -ing.
Verb edit
talking
- present participle and gerund of talk
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