"talking shop" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: talking shops [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} talking shop (plural talking shops)
  1. A place where people gather to have conversation or discussion which is usually of an informal nature. Synonyms (place for discussion): forum
    Sense id: en-talking_shop-en-noun-WqfI5NLx Disambiguation of 'place for discussion': 90 10
  2. (derogatory) An organization or other group that is all talk and no action. Tags: derogatory Synonyms (group that is all talk an no action): talk shop
    Sense id: en-talking_shop-en-noun-DDjoD~lm Disambiguation of 'group that is all talk an no action': 6 94

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} talking shop
  1. present participle and gerund of talk shop Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: talk shop
    Sense id: en-talking_shop-en-verb-fXaMFpkw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 39 53

Inflected forms

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