talk about

phrasal verb

talked about; talking about; talks about

1

: to say words in order to express one's thoughts, feelings, opinions, etc., about (something)

She still talks about your wedding and how perfect it was.

2

: to discuss

We were talking about last night's game.

3

: to discuss the personal lives of (other people) : to gossip

It's rude to talk about people behind their back(s).

4

: to mean

—used in the phrase "What are you/they talking about?" or "What is he/she talking about?" to show that one is confused, worried, upset, etc., about something that someone has just said

Not done well? What are you talking about? I did what you told me to do.

5

informal

—used to emphasize the size, amount, or extent of something

Talk about having a bad day. I had the worst day ever!

Examples of talk about in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

So many young women in our writers’ room were talking about the true epidemic of confidence issues for young women who are victimized by the way they’ve been taught to speak to themselves. —Selome Hailu, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025

Second, the tech community here can’t stop talking about an A.I. model by the Chinese start-up DeepSeek that is as powerful as ChatGPT and purportedly uses much less compute power. —Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025

The consent agenda is typically used for routine or non-controversial items that are all approved with one vote and without discussion instead of needing to vote on and talk about each individual item. —R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025

Kasatkina and Badosa were talking about the toughest challenge in women’s tennis right now: taking on the world No. 1, Aryna Sabalenka. —Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025