Definition of "talking to" []

• A lengthy rebuke (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "I often felt like I was talking to a table of deaf Vikings when I explained that steak should be cooked medium rare, not blackened and attached to T-bones."
• "By then Angel and Louis had got my message, and Angel was now seated beside her, talking to her gently, while Louis waited outside in the car."
• "There was something about the way he looked at me when he offered me the money in return for talking to Curtis Peltier."