tawk
tawk is the eye dialect spelling of talk.
Meaning of talk
Noun
talk (countable and uncountable, plural talks)
- A conversation or discussion; usually serious, but informal.
- We need to have a talk about your homework.
- A lecture.
- There is a talk on Shakespeare tonight.
- Gossip; rumour.
- There's been talk lately about the two of them.
- A major topic of social discussion.
- She is the talk of the day.
- A customary conversation in which parent(s) explain sexual intercourse to their child.
- Have you had the talk with Jay yet? I found a condom in his room.
- A customary conversation in which the parent(s) of a black child explain the racism and violence they may face, especially when interacting with police, and strategies to manage it.
- Later, I made sure to have the talk with my son about being a black boy, […]2012, Crystal McCrary, Inspiration: Profiles of Black Women Changing Our World, →ISBN
Proper noun capitalized: Tawk
Tawk (plural Tawks)
- A surname
Forms of tawk
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | tawks |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | tawks |
| present participle | tawking |
| past participle | tawked |
| past | tawked |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Tawks |
Questions about tawk
- What does tawk mean?
- Tawk means a surname.
- What is tawk the eye dialect spelling of?
- Tawk is the eye dialect spelling of talk.
- What part of speech is tawk?
- Tawk is a proper noun.
Words near tawk in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: tawk (page history and authors); Tawk (page history and authors); talk (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.
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