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Definition of talking 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':

Definitions include: a person who stands uncomfortably close to others while talking.
Definitions include: hanging out and talking about nothing.
Definitions include: see talking to.
Definitions include: so drunk that it's the alcohol talking, not you.
Definitions include: discussion using foul language, or of a sexual or otherwise offensive nature.
Definitions include: a conversation or speech designed to raise a person or group's mood or confidence.
Definitions include: honest talk.
Definitions include: the action of someone "talking shit".
Definitions include: discussion about non-sensitive topics in a social setting.
Definitions include: to make someone more agreeable to a future planned request by being complimentary, doing favors, etc.
Definitions include: begin to date.
Definitions include: to sass.
Definitions include: to make threats one doesn't plan to or cannot carry out.
Definitions include: to speak of sexual subjects.
Definitions include: audible flatulence one gets after eating food that doesn't agree with one's stomach.

Other terms relating to 'to':

Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
Definitions include: See nine to five.
Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
Definitions include: a declaration of victory or superiority.
Definitions include: sex in which anal sex is immediately followed by fellatio.
Definitions include: to revisit one's past.
Definitions include: to go back to the beginning.
Definitions include: extreme; "all out".
Definitions include: to be vastly superior.
Definitions include: to perform an activity before someone else.
Definitions include: to be unintelligible.
Definitions include: to do.
Definitions include: more important things to deal with.
Definitions include: to kill or destroy.

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