- chalk talk
- noun Date: 1878 a talk or lecture illustrated at a blackboard
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chalk talk
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chalk talk — ☆ chalk talk n. a lecture accompanied with diagrams, illustrations, etc. drawn in chalk on a blackboard … English World dictionary
Chalk talk — Ad from Cartoons magazine for the Bart Chalk Talk program by C. L. Bartholomew. A chalk talk (aka chalk talk) was a popular act in vaudeville. A performer used chalk on a blackboard to make changes in a drawing while delivering a monologue. Some… … Wikipedia
chalk talk — noun a talk that uses a blackboard and chalk • Hypernyms: ↑talk * * * a talk or lecture in which the speaker illustrates points by drawing on a blackboard: The coach gave a chalk talk before the big game. [1830 40, Amer.] * * * chalk talk noun (N … Useful english dictionary
chalk-talk — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a talk usually illustrated by impromptu pictures a chalk talk on malaria control a chalk talk for children given by a cartoonist specifically : a talk designed to brief a group for concerted action before the attack all noncoms… … Useful english dictionary
chalk talk — a talk or lecture in which the speaker illustrates points by drawing on a blackboard: The coach gave a chalk talk before the big game. [1830 40, Amer.] * * * … Universalium
chalk talk — Synonyms and related words: address, after dinner speech, allocution, assignment, debate, declamation, diatribe, discourse, disquisition, eulogy, exercise, exhortation, exposition, filibuster, forensic, forensic address, formal speech, funeral… … Moby Thesaurus
chalk talk — noun a) An informal lecture on an academic subject. b) A music hall act in which a performer makes chalk caricatures whilst reciting a monologue … Wiktionary
talk — [n1] speech, address to group allocution, chalk talk*, declamation, descant, discourse, disquisition, dissertation, epilogue, exhortation, expatiation, harangue, homily, lecture, monologue, oration, peroration, prelection, recitation, screed,… … New thesaurus
chalk — noun 1 white rock CHALK + NOUN ▪ bed ▪ cliff, downs, hill (all esp. BrE) ▪ pit, quarry PHRASES … Collocations dictionary
talk — Synonyms and related words: accent, accents, address, advertise, after dinner speech, air, allocution, analyze, argot, assignment, babble, back fence gossip, balderdash, balls, ballyhoo, bat the breeze, be in connection, be in contact, be… … Moby Thesaurus
