TALK OF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does talk of mean? 

• TALK OF (verb)
  The verb TALK OF has 1 sense:

1. discuss or mention

  Familiarity information: TALK OF used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TALK OF (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Discuss or mention

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

talk about; talk of

Context example:

They spoke of many things

Hypernyms (to "talk of" is one way to...):

mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "talk of"):

discuss; hash out; talk over (speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion)

blaspheme (speak of in an irreverent or impious manner)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

 Context examples 

He had long made up his mind to Jane Fairfax's going out as governess, and could talk of it cheerfully, but Mr. Knightley's going to London had been an unexpected blow.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

But there was also talk of witchcraft in the village.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

She was checked by the sight of her uncle much nearer to them than she had any suspicion of, and each found it necessary to talk of something else.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

In all truth, they constitute the shop-talk of the idlers.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

But we won’t talk of it.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They talk of woman’s instinct; perhaps it was woman’s instinct which gave me that feeling.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Indeed, I am writing now, with my book on my knee, and listening to the talk of three old men who are sitting beside me.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

You are a nice fellow to talk of flying off, Steerforth, who are always running wild on some unknown expedition or other!

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

He made no reply, and was beginning to talk of something else; but she eagerly continued, Why do not you persuade him to go away?

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Did you never hear him talk of Mr. Pratt?

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)