ˈbæb.l̩ blæb

ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə ˈlɛk.t͡ʃɚ ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə ˈlɛk.t͡ʃɚ maʊθ sɪŋ spiːk spik spɪl spɪl ðə biːnz ˈtæt(ə)l ˈtætl̩ deliver a lecture or talk She will talk at Rutgers next week Did you ever lecture at Harvard? the act of giving a talk to an audience I attended an interesting talk on local history divulge confidential information or secrets Be careful — his secretary talks express in speech She talks a lot of nonsense This depressed patient does not verbalize reveal information If you don't oblige me, I'll talk! The former employee spilled all the details exchange thoughts; talk with We often talk business Actions talk louder than words use language the baby talks already the prisoner won't speak they speak a strange dialect an exchange of ideas via conversation let's have more work and less talk around here discussion; (‘talk about’ is a less formal alternative for ‘discussion of’) his poetry contains much talk about love and anger idle gossip or rumor there has been talk about you lately a speech that is open to the public he attended a lecture on telecommunications