Meaning

11 senses
  1. A person who talks, especially one who gives a speech, or is loquacious or garrulous.

    What this country needs is a smooth talker.

    That guy's a real talker.

    someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)

  2. Any creature or machine that talks.

    Some parrots are vociferous talkers.

  3. (informal)A talk show

  4. (informal)A talk-show host.

  5. (informal)An all-talk radio station.

  6. (informal)A popular topic of conversation.

    The royal engagement is likely to be a top talker right through the wedding.

  7. (informal)A talking point.

  8. (Internet)A stripped-down version of a MUD which is designed for talking, predating instant messengers; a kind of early chat room.

  9. (informal)Mouth.

  10. A table talker or shelf-talker.

  11. An augmentative and alternative communication device.

Examples

56 sentences
  1. Tom is a bit of a talker.

    Том любить побалакати. — deniko

  2. You're quite a talker.

    Ти доволі балакучий. — deniko

  3. Tom is a smooth talker.

    У Тома добре підвішений язик. — deniko

    deTom ist ein Redekünstler. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Tom is quite a talker.

    Том досить балакучий. — deniko

    deTom ist ziemlich gesprächig. — arved

  5. Tom is quite the talker.

    Том досить балакучий. — deniko

    deTom ist ziemlich gesprächig. — arved

Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Middle English talkere, equivalent to talk + -er.

From Middle English talkere, equivalent to talk + -er.

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Forms

plural: talkers
Singulartalker
Pluraltalkers

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous):speakeruttererverbalizerverbaliser

Word family

14 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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