TALK OF THE TOWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does talk of the town mean? 

• TALK OF THE TOWN (noun)
  The noun TALK OF THE TOWN has 1 sense:

1. idle gossip or rumor

  Familiarity information: TALK OF THE TOWN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TALK OF THE TOWN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Idle gossip or rumor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

talk; talk of the town

Context example:

there has been talk about you lately

Hypernyms ("talk of the town" is a kind of...):

comment; gossip; scuttlebutt (a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people)

 Context examples 

She came of a poor family, but one of some position, for her elder brother was the famous Sir Charles Tregellis, who, having inherited the money of a wealthy East Indian merchant, became in time the talk of the town and the very particular friend of the Prince of Wales.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)