Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

talk a blue streak

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.01 in modern English

Syllables: talk a blue streak
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To talk for a long duration of time, at a rapid pace without giving others a chance to speak, or to the point of tedium.

Informal

Example Sentences

"She's normally a quiet person, but she will talk a blue streak about fashion, if you let her."
"talking a blue streak two miles to her house"
"Some days, I'd sit with Jason reading the Times in the living room and I'd talk a blue streak, presenting him with all my theories about, say, the deterioration of the American family in the late twentieth century and how it all relates to the decline of an agrarian society."
"Don't know. Even if I wanted to know, couldn't get a word in with Lashawn long enough to ask. Woman talks a blue streak."

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

talks a blue streak (present, singular) talking a blue streak (participle, present) talked a blue streak (participle, past) talked a blue streak (past)

Phrases

blue streak talk nineteen to the dozen

Frequently Paired Words

blue streak talk nineteen to the dozen

Questions

What does talk a blue streak mean?: To talk for a long duration of time, at a rapid pace without giving others a chance to speak, or to the point of tedium.

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