What part of speech is talking?

Talking can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. talking is a verb, gerund of talk (infinitive).
  • 2. talking is a noun, singular of talkings.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does talking mean?

Definitions

Verb

talk - express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
talk - exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words"
talk - divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks"
talk - deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"
talk - use language; "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect"
talk - reveal information; "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!"; "The former employee spilled all the details"

Noun

talking - an exchange of ideas via conversation; "let's have more work and less talk around here"

Examples of talking

#   Sentence  
1. noun Attached for your review are draft talking points for the Cal Energy Markets conference I'm speaking at on Thursday in SF.
2. noun Attached is a rough draft of my talking points for a panel I'll be on at a CEM conference in SF on Thursday afternoon.
3. noun Attached is a draft of the talking points for the Commission's hearings.
4. noun In this harsh, petty world where money does the talking, his way of life is like a breath of fresh air.
5. noun A reporter is interviewing Dr. Patterson about Koko, a talking gorilla.
6. noun It's been nice talking to you, but I really must go now.
7. noun A talking dictionary is no longer a fantasy.
8. noun If I were prime minister, I'd give Clinton a good talking to.
9. noun That way of talking is typical of him.
10. noun Quit talking, will you?
11. noun Do stop talking and listen to the music.
12. noun It's so odd talking in the dark like this.
13. noun It's the place that has all of Gulfport talking.
14. noun Have you finished talking?
15. noun Stop talking and listen to me.
16. verb He obviously had no idea what he was talking about, though he demonstrated a number of ill-fated instincts.
17. verb The Kerry camp blames Bush for the Swift boat veterans’ attack, but anyone who has spent much time talking to the Swifties gets the sense that they are doing it entirely for their own reasons.
18. verb Mr. ARCHIBALD: George didn't have any interest at all in talking about the military.
19. verb And this was simply his opening gambit; he would start talking about that he had been out late the night before drinking.
20. verb And I thought it was really unusual that someone in their mid-20s would initiate conversations, particularly in the context of something as serious as a US senatorial campaign, by talking about their drinking the night before.
21. verb But the norms of politics and diplomacy are childish, in comparison with the level of incitement and total absolute deliberate fabrications, which have reached new heights in the region we are talking about.
22. verb It is a daily occurrence that the same people who finance, arm and dispatch suicide murderers, condemn the act in English in front of western TV cameras, talking to a world audience, which even partly believes them.
23. verb Most of the "talking heads" on television, however, knew only that Daschle and Leahy were liberal democrats and did not know anything of Al Qaeda beyond what they read in the US newspapers.
24. verb However, when we were talking about this position, Mike compared Sara to Elena.
25. verb After talking with Professors Titman, Ronn, Brown and Jemison, I was sure that the School was the right place to get the education I was looking for.
26. verb After talking with you and Professors Titman, Brown and Jemison, I was sure that UT was the right place to continue learning about energy-finance.
27. verb After talking with you and Professors Ronn, Brown and Jemison, I was sure that UT was the right place to continue learning about energy-finance.
28. verb I am talking to a number of people regarding opportunities for a new assignment back in Houston office.
29. verb EDIT: I love how she says it's not callum but doesn't deny it's me....i think we all know who she's talking about...
30. verb I'm getting a dwarf Hamster tomorrow And i was just talking to my Mom and she said that we have to take out the wheel at night because it would disturb her sleep But i told her no because i said their energetic at night at my room is right next door to hers But i heard their are wheels that dont make noise at all what would be the price of it?
Sentence  
noun
Attached for your review are draft talking points for the Cal Energy Markets conference I'm speaking at on Thursday in SF.
Attached is a rough draft of my talking points for a panel I'll be on at a CEM conference in SF on Thursday afternoon.
Attached is a draft of the talking points for the Commission's hearings.
In this harsh, petty world where money does the talking, his way of life is like a breath of fresh air.
A reporter is interviewing Dr. Patterson about Koko, a talking gorilla.
It's been nice talking to you, but I really must go now.
A talking dictionary is no longer a fantasy.
If I were prime minister, I'd give Clinton a good talking to.
That way of talking is typical of him.
Quit talking, will you?
Do stop talking and listen to the music.
It's so odd talking in the dark like this.
It's the place that has all of Gulfport talking.
Have you finished talking?
Stop talking and listen to me.
verb
He obviously had no idea what he was talking about, though he demonstrated a number of ill-fated instincts.
The Kerry camp blames Bush for the Swift boat veterans’ attack, but anyone who has spent much time talking to the Swifties gets the sense that they are doing it entirely for their own reasons.
Mr. ARCHIBALD: George didn't have any interest at all in talking about the military.
And this was simply his opening gambit; he would start talking about that he had been out late the night before drinking.
And I thought it was really unusual that someone in their mid-20s would initiate conversations, particularly in the context of something as serious as a US senatorial campaign, by talking about their drinking the night before.
But the norms of politics and diplomacy are childish, in comparison with the level of incitement and total absolute deliberate fabrications, which have reached new heights in the region we are talking about.
It is a daily occurrence that the same people who finance, arm and dispatch suicide murderers, condemn the act in English in front of western TV cameras, talking to a world audience, which even partly believes them.
Most of the "talking heads" on television, however, knew only that Daschle and Leahy were liberal democrats and did not know anything of Al Qaeda beyond what they read in the US newspapers.
However, when we were talking about this position, Mike compared Sara to Elena.
After talking with Professors Titman, Ronn, Brown and Jemison, I was sure that the School was the right place to get the education I was looking for.
After talking with you and Professors Titman, Brown and Jemison, I was sure that UT was the right place to continue learning about energy-finance.
After talking with you and Professors Ronn, Brown and Jemison, I was sure that UT was the right place to continue learning about energy-finance.
I am talking to a number of people regarding opportunities for a new assignment back in Houston office.
EDIT: I love how she says it's not callum but doesn't deny it's me....i think we all know who she's talking about...
I'm getting a dwarf Hamster tomorrow And i was just talking to my Mom and she said that we have to take out the wheel at night because it would disturb her sleep But i told her no because i said their energetic at night at my room is right next door to hers But i heard their are wheels that dont make noise at all what would be the price of it?

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