Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

talk past

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.09 in modern English

Syllables: talk -past
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To talk at cross purposes with; to speak in such a way that a listener fails to understand one's meaning.

Inflected Forms

talks past (present, singular) talking past (participle, present) talked past (participle, past) talked past (past)

Questions

What does talk past mean?: To talk at cross purposes with; to speak in such a way that a listener fails to understand one's meaning.

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