Usually means: Discussing work outside work hours.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word talk shop:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. talk shop: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. talk shop: Merriam-Webster
  3. talk shop: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. talk shop: Collins English Dictionary
  5. talk shop: Vocabulary.com
  6. talk-shop: Wordnik
  7. talk shop: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. talk shop: Wiktionary
  9. talk shop: Dictionary.com
  10. talk shop: Rhymezone
  11. Talk Shop: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  12. talk shop: FreeDictionary.org
  13. talk shop: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. talk shop: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. talk shop: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. talk shop: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (talk shop)

▸ verb:  (intransitive, informal) To discuss one's work, business or profession.
▸ noun:  A talking shop

Similar:
bat around, go there, talk, talk at, go on, talk big, spiel, parle, talk out, bounce around, more...

Opposite:
action, work, productivity, accomplishment, achievement

Phrases:
to talk shop, more...

Adjectives:
put-up, ninja, game, set up, ad captandum, cant, strong-arm, competitive, titanic, rapt, coy

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Similar:
bat around, go there, talk, talk at, go on, talk big, spiel, parle, talk out, bounce around, more...

Opposite:
action, work, productivity, accomplishment, achievement

Phrases:
to talk shop, more...

Adjectives:
put-up, ninja, game, set up, ad captandum, cant, strong-arm, competitive, titanic, rapt, coy



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