"talk at" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-talk at.ogg [Australia] Forms: talks at [present, singular, third-person], talking at [participle, present], talked at [participle, past], talked at [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} talk at (third-person singular simple present talks at, present participle talking at, simple past and past participle talked at)
  1. To speak with (someone) without truly listening to their response or interacting meaningfully. Translations (to speak with someone without truly listening to their response): paasata (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-talk_at-en-verb-l96OALKW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (at) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (at): 48 52 Disambiguation of 'to speak with someone without truly listening to their response': 74 26
  2. (slang, originally African-American Vernacular) To speak with; to have a conversation with. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-talk_at-en-verb-vEVAvxaS Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (at) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (at): 48 52

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for talk at meaning in English (2.2kB)

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