talk loudly

  • 1talk down — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms talk down : present tense I/you/we/they talk down he/she/it talks down present participle talking down past tense talked down past participle talked down 1) talk someone down British to talk loudly so that… …

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  • 2talk — [tôk] vi. [ME talken (akin to Fris, to chatter), prob. freq. based on OE talian, to reckon, akin to talu,TALE] 1. a) to put ideas into, or exchange ideas by, spoken words; speak; converse b) to express something in words; make a statement (of, on …

    English World dictionary

  • 3talk — I n. address, lecture 1) to give a talk 2) a pep; sales talk 3) a talk about, on (she gave an interesting talk on bringing up children) conversation chatter 4) to have a talk (with) 5) blunt, plain; idle, small; loose; table talk 6) a long talk… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 4talk — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 a conversation ADJECTIVE ▪ brief, little (often ironic), short ▪ I will have to have a little talk with that young lady (= tell her that I disapprove of sth). ▪ good …

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  • 5loudly — adv. Loudly is used with these verbs: ↑announce, ↑applaud, ↑argue, ↑bang, ↑bark, ↑beat, ↑cackle, ↑call, ↑chatter, ↑cheer, ↑clap, ↑clatter, ↑ …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 6To talk big — Big Big (b[i^]g), a. [Compar. {Bigger}; superl. {Biggest}.] [Perh. from Celtic; cf. W. beichiog, beichiawg, pregnant, with child, fr. baich burden, Arm. beac h; or cf. OE. bygly, Icel. biggiligr, (properly) habitable; (then) magnigicent,… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 7loud, loudly — Loud can be both an adjective and an adverb, but loudly may be used only as the latter. It is permissible to say Shout out loud or Shout out loudly. Such optional usage is common after such verbs as sing, talk, say, scream, and laugh, but among… …

    Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • 8Double-talk — For Pig Latin like code , double talk, see Gibberish (language game). Not to be confused with Doublespeak. Double talk is a form of speech in which inappropriate, invented or nonsense words are used to give the appearance of erudition and so… …

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  • 9Fire one's mouth off — talk loudly; tell secrets …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 10speak up — talk loudly, raise one s voice …

    English contemporary dictionary