TALK SHOP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does talk shop mean? 

• TALK SHOP (verb)
  The verb TALK SHOP has 1 sense:

1. discuss matters that are related to work

  Familiarity information: TALK SHOP used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TALK SHOP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Discuss matters that are related to work

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

As soon as they met, the linguists started to talk shop

Hypernyms (to "talk shop" is one way to...):

discourse; discuss; talk about (to consider or examine in speech or writing)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence examples:

Sam and Sue talk shop
Sam wants to talk shop with Sue

 Context examples 

For Martin did not see why a man should not talk shop.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

"You were making them talk shop," Ruth charged him.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Martin wanted him to talk shop, and, though he seemed averse at first, succeeded in making him do it.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)