talking

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɔːkɪŋ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɔkɪŋ/, /ˈtɔkɪn/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈtɑkɪŋ/, /ˈtɑkɪn/ (Northumbria) IPA(key): /ˈtɑːkɪn/ Rhymes: -ɔːkɪŋ Hyphenation: talk‧ing === Etymology 1 === From Middle English talkynge. By surface analysis, talk +‎ -ing. ==== Noun ==== talking (countable and uncountable, plural talkings) The action of the verb talk. 1864–65, Anthony Trollope, Can You Forgive Her? He did not himself care for the loose little talkings, half flat and half sharp, of men when they meet together in idleness. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English talkyng, talkynge. By surface analysis, talk +‎ -ing. ==== Verb ==== talking present participle and gerund of talk. ===== Derived terms =====