TALK SHOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does talk show mean? 

• TALK SHOW (noun)
  The noun TALK SHOW has 1 sense:

1. a program during which well-known people discuss a topic or answer questions telephoned in by the audience

  Familiarity information: TALK SHOW used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TALK SHOW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A program during which well-known people discuss a topic or answer questions telephoned in by the audience

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

chat show; talk show

Context example:

in England they call a talk show a chat show

Hypernyms ("talk show" is a kind of...):

broadcast; program; programme (a radio or television show)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "talk show"):

phone-in (a program in which the audience participates by telephone)