Browsing page 1 of words meaning to say, speak, talk (17 words total)
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- all – be like – chew the fat – chinwag – dish – dish out – epizootics of the blowhole – go – run off at the mouth – shoot the breeze – shoot the bull – shoot the shit – spill (one's) beans – spit – use (one's) words – yack – yap
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all 
verb
- to say. Notes: can only be used in the present, past, and future simple tenses and the past conditional tense.
Present simple: "He's all, 'I don't know.'"
Past simple: "She was all, 'I can't go.'"
Future simple: "They're going to be all, 'You were right.'"
Past conditional: "We would have been all, 'Why don't you go?'"
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Originally submitted by WalterGR from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 01 2001. (Edit this definition.)
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be like
verb
- to say, in reported speech or conversation.
I'm like, "I found a party!", and they were all like, "Awesome!"
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Originally submitted by Wim d. from Coos Bay, OR, USA on Sep 03 1998. (Edit this definition.)
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chew the fat
verb
- to chat with.
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Originally submitted by WalterGR from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 26 2009. (Edit this definition.)
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chinwag
noun
- an informal chat. British.
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Originally submitted by WalterGR from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jun 03 2010. (Edit this definition.)
verb
- to chat informally. British.
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Originally submitted by WalterGR from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jun 03 2010. (Edit this definition.)
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dish
noun
- an attractive female. (Possibly related to the phrase, "She looks good enough to eat.")
That's one hot little dish!
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Originally submitted by Nathan P. from Las Vegas, NV, USA on Feb 20 2000. (Edit this definition.)
noun - uncountable
- gossip, when speaking about a person or persons not present. "Gossip" (and "dish" in this sense) implies that the subject of the information isn't present.
Give me all the dish on him!
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Originally submitted by Kevyn J. from Manhattan, KS, USA on Jul 07 1998. (Edit this definition.)
- gossip-worthy information. A person involved in the gossip may or may not be present.
Girl, you gotta dish about your date last night!
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Originally submitted by Kevyn J. from Manhattan, KS, USA on Jul 07 1998. (Edit this definition.)
verb
- to gossip.
The girls dished about his sexual habits.
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Originally submitted by Kevyn J. from Manhattan, KS, USA on Jul 07 1998. (Edit this definition.)
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dish out
verb
- to say or give.
He dished out some major complaints to his mother.
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Originally submitted by Anonymous on Oct 01 2001. (Edit this definition.)
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epizootics of the blowhole
noun - uncountable
- a metaphorical disease where one speaks at length about something one knows nothing about. In other words, running off at the mouth without a clue. Submitter John Voight knows the term existed in deep south (United States) during the 1940's and 1950's as his dad used it frequently. He notes that his dad may have picked it up in World War II.
All that meaningless spew coming out of his mouth is just a bad case of epizootics of the blowhole.
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Originally submitted by John Voigt from Reston, VA, USA on Dec 05 2002. (Edit this definition.)
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go
verb
- to say.
And then he goes, "He's already got one."
He went, "He's already got one."
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Originally submitted by WalterGR from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 01 2001. (Edit this definition.)
- to be nice; COOL.
Hey, them shoes go!
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Originally submitted by cinnamon from Oakland, CA, USA on Jul 16 2006. (Edit this definition.)
- to "say", in one's head. In other words: to think.
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Originally submitted by WalterGR from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 27 2011. (Edit this definition.)
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run off at the mouth
verb
- to speak unwisely.
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Originally submitted by WalterGR from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 14 2009. (Edit this definition.)
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shoot the breeze
verb
- to chat.
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Originally submitted by Skippy from Newnan, GA, USA on Dec 14 2002. (Edit this definition.)
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shoot the bull
verb
- to chat.
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Originally submitted by WalterGR from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 14 2009. (Edit this definition.)
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shoot the shit
verb
- to chat.
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Originally submitted by Anonymous on Jan 04 2003. (Edit this definition.)
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spill (one's) beans
verb
- to tell the entire story truthfully.
Go ahead and spill your beans.
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Originally submitted by Deidre K. from Southern, WV, USA on Jul 22 1998. (Edit this definition.)
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spit
verb
- to say. Has somewhat of a negative context, so one usually uses this term to refer to people saying things one doesn't agree with.
He was spittin' all kinds of crap.
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Originally submitted by John O'Connell from St Paul, MN, USA on Dec 10 2001. (Edit this definition.)
- to rhyme or rap.
Spit something for us.
That kid knows how to spit!
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Originally submitted by Jessica from Chicago, IL, USA on Sep 05 2003. (Edit this definition.)
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use (one's) words
verb
- to speak rather than resort to violence.
Use your words, son.
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Originally submitted by WalterGR from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 05 2011. (Edit this definition.)
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yack
noun
- "cognac."
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Originally submitted by Jed M. on Jan 05 2005. (Edit this definition.)
verb
- to vomit.
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Originally submitted by Ian Ehrenwald from MA, USA on Jun 04 1997. (Edit this definition.)
- to talk.
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Originally submitted by WalterGR from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 21 2009. (Edit this definition.)
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yap
noun
- mouth.
Shut your yap.
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Originally submitted by WalterGR from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009. (Edit this definition.)
- talk.
I'm tired of all this yap.
Originally submitted by WalterGR from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 28 2009. (Edit this definition.)
verb
- to talk incessantly.
He's always yapping about something.
You yap on and on but say nothing of interest.
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