talk

All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill.[…]Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connection—or rather as a transition from the subject that started their conversation—such talk had been distressingly out of place.

There is a talk on Shakespeare tonight.

There's been talk lately about the two of them.

She is the talk of the day.

Have you had the talk with Jay yet?

Later, I made sure to have the talk with my son about being a black boy, […]

The party leader's speech was all talk.

The leaders of the G8 nations are currently in talks over nuclear weapons.