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straight talk

straight talk noun: simple, honest speaking.

Noun

straight talk (uncountable)

  1. Simple, honest speaking.
    • "I asked for straight talk, and thou hast given me sweet talk."1891 August, Rudyard Kipling, chapter 20, in Life’s Handicap: Being Stories of Mine Own People, London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., […], published October 1891, →OCLC
    • "Tell him to go back to Durango and forget the foolish girl. […]"
      "All right. That is straight talk, like an Indian's.1917 January, Zane Grey, chapter II, in Wildfire, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC

straight talk meaning in Kannada

straight talk in Kannada

ನೇರನುಡಿ, ನೇರ ಮಾತು

Words formed from straight talk

Questions about straight talk

What does straight talk mean?
Straight talk means simple, honest speaking.
What is straight talk in Kannada?
Straight talk in Kannada is ನೇರನುಡಿ, ನೇರ ಮಾತು. See Straight talk meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is straight talk?
Straight talk is a noun.

Words near straight talk in the dictionary

  1. straight shooter
  2. straight shooters
  3. straight sinus
  4. straight sinuses
  5. straight supremacy
  6. straight talk
  7. straight talker
  8. straight talkers
  9. straight ticket
  10. straight tickets
  11. straight time

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