(music) Any of several drums whose pitch can be regulated by squeezing the sides.

A talk during a conference or similar meeting that is scheduled at a time when everyone can attend, e.g. at a time when nothing else is scheduled.

(academia) An informal lecture on an academic subject. / A music hall act in which a performer makes chalk caricatures whilst reciting a monologue

plural of chalk talk

(idiomatic) Conversation shared by bedmates, particularly intimate conversation after or before sexual intercourse.

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

present participle of talk shop

(US) brief, polite, superficial conversation, like that which occurs in elevators.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see talk, about. (Compare discuss.) / (idiomatic, colloquial, imperative) Used to draw attention to the speaker's characterization of someone or something

A form of Chinese narrative singing accompanied by a pair of clappers.