talking
11talking-to — n lecture, scolding, reprimand, rebuke, reproof, reproach, criticism COLLOQ. dressing down, telling off, carpeting, wigging, ticking off, rocket ≠ praise, commendation * * * ˈtalking to f6 [talking to talkings to] noun …
12talking-to — n. (colloq.) scolding to give smb. a (good) talking to * * * (colloq.) [ scolding ] to give smb. a (good) talking to …
13talking-to — N SING: a N If you give someone a talking to, you speak to them severely, usually about something unacceptable that they have done, in order to show them they were wrong. [INFORMAL] The team manager said: Tony has had a good talking to and… …
14talking-to — noun give sb a talking to informal to talk to someone angrily because you are annoyed about something they have done: If you ask me, what that girl needs is a good talking to …
15talking — A sudden lull in the conversation is not random, some believe, but usually occurs at twenty minutes past or to the hour, and is occasioned by angels passing by. Opie and Tatem give several references to this idea, starting with one from Wales… …
16Talking — Talk Talk, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Talked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Talking}.] [Cf. LG. talk talk, gabble, Prov. G. talken to speak indistinctly; or OD. tolken to interpret, MHG. tolkan to interpret, to tell, to speak indistinctly, Dan. tolke to interpret …
17talking-to — /taw king tooh /, n., pl. talking tos. a scolding. [1875 80] * * * …
18talking — noun The action of the verb to talk It is usually better to solve problems by talking than by fighting …
19talking — noun Talking is used before these nouns: ↑point …
20talking — talk·ing || tÉ”Ëkɪŋ n. speaking; conversing adj. speaking tÉ”Ëk n. conversation; speech, lecture; meeting; rumor; manner of talking v. communicate with spoken words, converse, speak; gossip, spread rumors; chitchat; lecture; reveal secret… …
