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retalk

retalk verb: to talk again.

Verb

retalk (third-person singular simple present retalks, present participle retalking, simple past and past participle retalked)

  1. (transitive) To talk again.
    • And so, they were off and running once more, as they talked and retalked the war, their past, and their lives. What was most real to Martin, Arden knew, were his memories and opinions.1995, Jekel, Pamela, Natchez : a novel of the deep South, Kensington Books, page 363

Forms of retalk

third-person singular presentretalks
present participleretalking
past participleretalked
pastretalked

Questions about retalk

What does retalk mean?
Retalk means to talk again.
What part of speech is retalk?
Retalk is a verb.
What is the past tense of retalk?
The past tense of retalk is retalked.

Words near retalk in the dictionary

  1. retaliator
  2. retaliatorily
  3. retaliators
  4. retaliatory
  5. retaliatory tariff
  6. retalk
  7. retalked
  8. retalking
  9. retalks
  10. retallied
  11. retallies

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