"talking" meaning in English

See talking in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈtɔːkɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈtɔkɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈtɑkɪŋ/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: en-us-talking.ogg 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 blues, 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/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: en-us-talking.ogg
Rhymes: -ɔːkɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English talkyng, talkynge, equivalent to talk + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|talkyng}} Middle English talkyng, {{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, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 71 Derived forms: look who's talking, now you're talking, shit talking, talking book, talking clock, talking drum, talking drummer, talking head, talking point, talking shop, talking statue, talking-to, that's what I'm talking about, trash-talking
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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