"talking" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɔːkɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈtɔkɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈtɑkɪŋ/ [Canada, cot-caught-merger] Audio: en-us-talking.ogg [US] Forms: talkings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːkɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English talkynge, equivalent to talk + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|talkynge}} Middle English talkynge, {{suffix|en|talk|ing}} talk + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} talking (countable and uncountable, plural talkings)
  1. The action of the verb talk. Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: do the talking, talking circle
    Sense id: en-talking-en-noun-krSj6nkK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈtɔːkɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈtɔkɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈtɑkɪŋ/ [Canada, cot-caught-merger] Audio: en-us-talking.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɔːkɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English talkyng, talkynge, equivalent to talk + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|talkyng}} Middle English talkyng, {{m|enm|talkynge}} talkynge, {{suffix|en|talk|ing}} talk + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} talking
  1. present participle and gerund of talk Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: talk
    Sense id: en-talking-en-verb-Qrw~zNDR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 12 88 Derived forms: look who's talking, now you're talking, shit talking, talking book, talking clock, talking drum, talking drummer, talking head, talking out of turn, talking over someone's head, talking point, talking shop, talking statue, talking-to, that's what I'm talking about, trash-talking Related terms: fast-talking, now you're talking, sweet-talking, talking a blue streak, talking about, talking a mile a minute, talking around, talking back, talking down, talking in circles, talking out, talking over, talking past, talking shop, talking smack, talking through one's hat, talking trash, talking turkey, talking up
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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