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Word Meanings - TALKING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. That talks; able to utter words; as, a talking parrot. 2. Given to talk; loquacious. The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made. Goldsmith.

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  • UTTERLY
    In an utter manner; to the full extent; fully; totally; as, utterly ruined; it is utterly vain.
  • UTTERNESS
    The quality or state of being utter, or extreme; extremity; utmost; uttermost.
  • WORDSMAN
    One who deals in words, or in mere words; a verbalist. "Some speculative wordsman." H. Bushnell.
  • SHADELESS
    Being without shade; not shaded.
  • SHADEFUL
    Full of shade; shady.
  • UTTER
    1. Outer. "Thine utter eyen." Chaucer. "By him a shirt and utter mantle laid." Chapman. As doth an hidden moth The inner garment fret, not th' utter touch. Spenser. 2. Situated on the outside, or extreme limit; remote from the center; outer.
  • LOQUACIOUSNESS
    Loquacity.
  • PARROTER
    One who simply repeats what he has heard. J. S. Mill.
  • LOQUACIOUS
    speak; cf. Gr. 1. Given to continual talking; talkative; garrulous. Loquacious, brawling, ever in the wrong. Dryden. 2. Speaking; expressive. J. Philips. 3. Apt to blab and disclose secrets. Syn. -- Garrulous; talkative. See Garrulous.
  • BENEATH
    1. Lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; hence, at the foot of. "Beneath the mount." Ex. xxxii.
  • UTTERMOST
    Extreme; utmost; being; in the farthest, greatest, or highest degree; as, the uttermost extent or end. "In this uttermost distress." Milton.
  • TALK
    OD. tolken to interpret, MHG. tolkan to interpret, to tell, to speak indistinctly, Dan. tolke to interpret, Sw. tolka, Icel. t to interpret, t an interpreter, Lith. tulkas an interpreter, tulkanti, tulkoti, to interpret, Russ. tolkovate
  • UTTERMORE
    Further; outer; utter. Holland.
  • WHISPERER
    1. One who whispers. 2. A tattler; one who tells secrets; a conveyer of intelligence secretly; hence; a backbiter; one who slanders secretly. Prov. xvi.
  • PARROT
    In a general sense, any bird of the order Psittaci. (more info) pierrot is also the name of the sparrow. Cf. Paroquet, Petrel,
  • UTTERLESS
    Incapable of being uttered. A clamoring debate of utterless things. Milton.
  • LOQUACIOUSLY
    In a loquacious manner.
  • TALKATIVE
    Given to much talking. Syn. -- Garrulous; loquacious. See Garrulous. -- Talk"a*tive*ly, adv. -- Talk"a*tive*ness, n.
  • UTTERER
    One who utters. Spenser.
  • GIVEN
    p. p. & a. from Give, v.
  • UNUTTERABLE
    Not utterable; incapable of being spoken or voiced; inexpressible; ineffable; unspeakable; as, unutterable anguish. Sighed and looked unutterable things. Thomson. -- Un*ut"ter*a*ble*ness, n. -- Un*ut"ter*a*bly, adv.
  • MUTTERER
    One who mutters.
  • STALKY
    Hard as a stalk; resembling a stalk. At the top bears a great stalky head. Mortimer.
  • GUTTER
    1. A channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; an eaves channel; an eaves trough. 2. A small channel at the roadside or elsewhere, to lead off surface water. Gutters running with ale. Macaulay. 3. Any narrow channel or groove;
  • BUTTER-SCOTCH
    A kind of candy, mainly composed of sugar and butter. Dickens.
  • STRAW-CUTTER
    An instrument to cut straw for fodder.
  • DOUBLE-SHADE
    To double the natural darkness of . Milton.
  • UNTALKED
    Not talked; not mentioned; -- often with of. Shak.
  • OVERSHADE
    To cover with shade; to render dark or gloomy; to overshadow. Shak.
  • SWARD-CUTTER
    A plow for turning up grass land. A lawn mower.
  • SWORDSMANSHIP
    The state of being a swordsman; skill in the use of the sword. Cowper.
  • PUTTER-ON
    An instigator. Shak.
  • SLUTTERY
    The qualities and practices of a slut; sluttishness; slatternlines. Drayton.
  • FLUTTER
    1. To vibrate or move quickly; as, a bird flutters its wings. 2. To drive in disorder; to throw into confusion. Like an eagle in a dovecote, I Fluttered your Volscians in Corioli. Shak.
  • TROILUS BUTTERFLY
    A large American butterfly . It is black, with yellow marginal spots on the front wings, and blue on the rear.

 

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