| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | speak fast and non-stop |
| Synonyms: | babble, blab, blather, cackle, chat, chitchat, clack, gab, gabble, gas*, gibber, go on and on, gossip, jabber, jaw, natter, palaver, prate, prattle*, tattle, twaddle, twiddle, yak |
| Antonyms: | drawl |
| Main Entry: | rap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk casually; speak abruptly |
| Synonyms: | babble, bark, chat, chatter, chitchat, confabulate, converse, discourse, jabber, palaver, run off at the mouth, spit, talk |
| Notes: | hip-hop is a culture and rap is a style of music that is one of the components of hip-hop; hip-hop music is not the same as rap - it is a fusion of rapping and deejaying hip-hop is rap, but not all rap is hip-hop; hip-hop has a particular beat and uses scratching and breaks/samples rap (noun) is a reproach for some lapse or misdeed - (verb) strike sharply and swiftly; a wrap (noun) is a cloak that is folded around a person - (verb) arrange or fold as a cover or protection to wrap is to enclose in a covering; to rap is to knock or tap on something, or create a rhythmic type of music |
| Main Entry: | shoot the breeze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | chat, converse |
| Synonyms: | BS, chatter, chew the fat, gab, palaver, prate, prattle*, run off at the mouth, schmooze, shoot the bull, yack, yap |
| Main Entry: | talk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | produce words; inform |
| Synonyms: | articulate, babble, broach, chant, chat, chatter, comment on, communicate, confess, converse, describe, divulge, drawl, drone, express, flap one's tongue, gab, gabble, give voice to, gossip, influence, intone, notify, palaver, parley, patter, persuade, prate, prattle, pronounce, reveal, rhapsodize, run on, say, sing*, soliloquize, speak, spill the beans, spout, squeak, squeal, talk one's leg off, tell, tell all, use, utter, ventriloquize, verbalize, voice, yak |
| Antonyms: | listen |
| Main Entry: | talk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discuss with another |
| Synonyms: | argue, be in contact, canvass, carry on conversation, chew*, collogue, commune, confabulate, confer, confide, consult, contact, deliberate, dialogue, engage in conversation, exchange, go into a huddle, groupthink, have a meet, hold discussion, huddle, interact, interface, interview, join in conversation, keep in touch, negotiate, network*, palaver, parley, reach out, reason, relate, thrash out, touch base, touch*, vent, visit |
| Antonyms: | refrain, refuse |
| Main Entry: | confab |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | converse |
| Synonyms: | chaffer, chat, chatter, chitchat, confabulate, discuss, palaver, speak, talk |
| Main Entry: | confabulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | converse |
| Synonyms: | chaffer, chat, chatter, chitchat, confab, discuss, palaver, speak, talk |