"talk shop" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: talk shops [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} talk shop (plural talk shops)
  1. A talking shop. Related terms: think tank
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Verb

Forms: talks shop [present, singular, third-person], talking shop [participle, present], talked shop [participle, past], talked shop [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} talk shop (third-person singular simple present talks shop, present participle talking shop, simple past and past participle talked shop)
  1. (intransitive, informal) To discuss one's work or (sometimes, by extension) hobby; especially, to do so in a way that only insiders would understand, is tedious or boring to the listener, or both. Tags: informal, intransitive Related terms: shop talk [noun], inside baseball Translations (discuss one's work): 三句不離本行 /三句不离本行 (sān jù bù lí běn háng) (Chinese Mandarin), bavit se o práci (Czech), over werk praten (Dutch), puhua työstään (Finnish), parler boutique (French), über die Arbeit reden (German), fachsimpeln (German), szakmázik (Hungarian), szakmai dolgokról beszélget (Hungarian), munkahelyi ügyekről beszélget (Hungarian), parlare di lavoro (Italian), rozmawiać o pracy (Polish), falar de negócios/negócio (Portuguese), говори́ть о рабо́те (govorítʹ o rabóte) [imperfective] (Russian), razgovarati o poslu (Serbo-Croatian), hablar de negocios (Spanish), prata jobb (Swedish), nói chuyện làm ăn (Vietnamese)
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Inflected forms

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