# talking

Pronunciation: say "TAW-king" US /ˈtɔkɪŋ/, UK /ˈtɔːkɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of talk. — present participle and gerund of talk.
   - Simple: The -ing form of talk. Use it after am, is, are, was or were, or to name the action.
   - _They spent the whole afternoon talking about their school days._
   - _Talking quietly, the two friends walked along the riverbank._

## Noun

2. The act or activity of speaking; conversation regarded as something one does.
   - Simple: The act of speaking words to other people.
   - _The meeting dissolved into idle talking with no decisions reached._
   - _Enough talking. It is time to actually do something._

## Origin

**Meaning 2** — From Middle English talkynge; by surface analysis, talk plus the suffix -ing.
**Meaning 1** — From Middle English talkyng and talkynge; by surface analysis, talk plus the suffix -ing.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/talking (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).