Word.ws English Dictionary

talking shops

talking shops is the plural of talking shop.

Meaning of talking shop

Noun

talking shop (plural talking shops)

  1. A place where people gather to have conversation or discussion which is usually of an informal nature.
    Synonyms:
    forum
  2. (derogatory) An organization or other group that is all talk and no action.
    Synonyms:
    talk shop

Questions about talking shops

What is talking shops the plural of?
Talking shops is the plural of talking shop.

Words near talking shops in the dictionary

  1. talking points
  2. talking round
  3. talking sense
  4. talking shit
  5. talking shop
  6. talking shops
  7. talking smack
  8. talking someone under the table
  9. talking someone's arm off
  10. talking someone's ear off
  11. talking someone's head off

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: talking shops (page history and authors); talking shop (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “talking shops.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/talking_shops. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.