Definition of talkin' to

talking to

noun

• a scolding.

  You need to give your daughter a 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 '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.
give a talking to	Definitions include: see talking to.
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.
sh*t 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.
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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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