talker
nounUK /ˈtɔːkə/ · US /ˈtɔkɚ/
Etymology From Middle English talkere, equivalent to talk + -er.
11 senses
- 1A person who talks, especially one who gives a speech…
- 2Any creature or machine that talks.
- 3A talk show
- 4A talk-show host.
- 5An all-talk radio station.
- 6A popular topic of conversation.
- 7A talking point.
- 8A stripped-down version of a MUD which is designed for…
- 9Mouth.
- 10A table talker or shelf-talker.
- 11An augmentative and alternative communication device.
1
A person who talks, especially one who gives a speech, or is loquacious or garrulous.
- What this country needs is a smooth talker.
- That guy's a real talker.
2 more examples
- Returning TED talker Sherry Turkle, an author and academic, says that giving lectures about how lonely the Internet is making people has made her and her audiences even lonelier.2012 May 5, Henry Alford, “Future TED Talks”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 09 May 2012:
- At Iwo Jima, code talkers passed over 800 error-free messages in a 48-hour period, according to the Congressional law honoring the program.2019 January 16, Eric Levenson, “Alfred Newman, one of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers, dies at 94”, in CNN:
2
Any creature or machine that talks.
- Some parrots are vociferous talkers.
- The royal engagement is likely to be a top talker right through the wedding.
7
Government, Politics Informal A talking point.
8
Internet A stripped-down version of a MUD which is designed for talking, predating instant messengers; a kind of early chat room.
9
Informal Mouth.
- Although on Sundays when the men had finished feeding cattle, the rest of the afternoon was free […] still they weren't comfortable in the bunkhouse if George was abroad; he had a queer authority without even knowing it, an ability to upset you, maybe because he so seldom opened his talker and his silence made you look in upon yourself, on the guilt you always knew was there.2009, Thomas Savage, Annie Proulx, The Power of the Dog: A Novel, →ISBN:
11
An augmentative and alternative communication device.
- Synonyms
- speaker
- Derived terms
- codetalker, code talker, double talker, fast-talker, late talker, nontalker, shelf-talker, sleeptalker, small-talker, smooth talker, straight talker, sweet talker, sweet-talker, table talker, trash talker