Definition of give someone a talkin' to

give a talking to

verb - transitive

see talking to.
Last edited on Apr 08 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Apr 08 2010.

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Other terms relating to 'a':
a	Definitions include: amphetamine.
A-1	Definitions include: the best.
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
a bit much	Definitions include: excessive.
a bit of how's your father	Definitions include: sexual activity.
a boat	Definitions include: In the West/Central Canadian accent, "about" is pronounced somewhere between "aboot" and "a boat".
a couple beers short of a six-pack	Definitions include: a little crazy
a couple three	Definitions include: an unspecified small number.
act a fool	Definitions include: to play around.
a dime a dozen	Definitions include: very common.
*a dog with two dcks**	Definitions include: a mythical creature who is extremely happy or fortunate.
a dollar three eighty	Definitions include: a non-specified price.
a dollar three eightyfive	Definitions include: a non-specified price.
adopt a tree	Definitions include: to collide with a tree.
a face that only a mother could love	Definitions include: an ugly face.
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Other terms relating to 'give':
*all the fcks I give**	Definitions include: meaning caring about everything.
DGAF	Definitions include: acronym for "don't give a fuck."
DILLIGAS	Definitions include: acronym for "do I look like I give a shit."
give	Definitions include: to give up or to show weakness.
*give a bag of dcks**	Definitions include: to care.
give a bum steer	Definitions include: to give bad advice.
*give a crap's ss**	Definitions include: to care.
give a damn	Definitions include: to care.
give af	Definitions include: "give a fuck".
*give a flying fck**	Definitions include: to care.
*give a frog's fat ss**	Definitions include: to care.
*give a fck**	Definitions include: to care.
give a hand	Definitions include: to applaud.
give a hiding	Definitions include: to beat up.
give a monkey's	Definitions include: to care a tiny amount, always used in the negative
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Other terms relating to 'talk':
close-talker	Definitions include: a person who stands uncomfortably close to others while talking.
coffee talk	Definitions include: hanging out and talking about nothing.
Jimmy's talkin	Definitions include: so drunk that it's the alcohol talking, not you.
locker room talk	Definitions include: discussion using foul language, or of a sexual or otherwise offensive nature.
pep talk	Definitions include: a conversation or speech designed to raise a person or group's mood or confidence.
real talk	Definitions include: honest talk.
*sht talking**	Definitions include: the action of someone "talking shit".
small talk	Definitions include: discussion about non-sensitive topics in a social setting.
sweet talk	Definitions include: to make someone more agreeable to a future planned request by being complimentary, doing favors, etc.
talk	Definitions include: begin to date.
talk back	Definitions include: to sass.
talk big	Definitions include: to make threats one doesn't plan to or cannot carry out.
talk dirty	Definitions include: to speak of sexual subjects.
*talking sshole**	Definitions include: audible flatulence one gets after eating food that doesn't agree with one's stomach.
talking to	Definitions include: a scolding.
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Other terms relating to 'to':
3 sheets to the wind	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
9 to 5	Definitions include: See nine to five.
add fuel to the fire	Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
add insult to injury	Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
all your base are belong to us	Definitions include: a declaration of victory or superiority.
*ss-to-mouth	Definitions include: sex in which anal sex is immediately followed by fellatio.
back to (one's) roots	Definitions include: to revisit one's past.
back to square one	Definitions include: to go back to the beginning.
balls to the wall	Definitions include: extreme; "all out".
beat all to hell	Definitions include: to be vastly superior.
beat to the punch	Definitions include: to perform an activity before someone else.
be greek to	Definitions include: to be unintelligible.
be up to	Definitions include: to do.
bigger fish to fry	Definitions include: more important things to deal with.
blow to hell	Definitions include: to kill or destroy.
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