talker

noun

1. 1

   A person who talks, especially one who gives a speech, or is loquacious or garrulous.

   What this country needs is a smooth talker.

   That guy's a real talker.

   Returning TED talker Sherry Turkle, an author and academic, says that giving lectures about how lonely the Internet is making people has made her and her audiences even lonelier.

   At Iwo Jima, code talkers passed over 800 error-free messages in a 48-hour period, according to the Congressional law honoring the program.

2. 2

   Any creature or machine that talks.

   Some parrots are vociferous talkers.

3. 3

   informalA talk show

4. 4

   informalA talk-show host.

5. 5

   informalAn all-talk radio station.

6. 6

   informalA popular topic of conversation.

   The royal engagement is likely to be a top talker right through the wedding.

7. 7

   informalA talking point.

8. 8

   A stripped-down version of a MUD which is designed for talking, predating instant messengers; a kind of early chat room.

9. 9

   informalMouth.

   Although on Sundays when the men had finished feeding cattle, the rest of the afternoon was free […] still they weren't comfortable in the bunkhouse if George was abroad; he had a queer authority without even knowing it, an ability to upset you, maybe because he so seldom opened his talker and his silence made you look in upon yourself, on the guilt you always knew was there.

10. 10

    A table talker or shelf-talker.

11. 11

    An augmentative and alternative communication device.

Forms

plural

talkers