talk the hind leg(s) off a donkey

: to express or exchange ideas by means of spoken words

: to convey information or communicate in any way (as with signs or sounds)

: to use speech : speak

: the act or an instance of talking : speech

: a way of speaking : language

: pointless or fruitless discussion : verbiage

: the female of the red deer — compare hart

: any of various spotted groupers (especially genus Epinephelus)

: a British farm assistant

: rustic

: of or forming the part that follows or is behind : rear

: a limb of an animal used especially for supporting the body and for walking: such as

: one of the paired vertebrate limbs that in bipeds extend from the top of the thigh to the foot

: the part of such a limb between the knee and foot

: to use the legs in walking

: the 19th letter of the English alphabet

: a graphic representation of this letter

: a speech counterpart of orthographic s

sulfur

— compare ¹-es

used to form adverbs denoting usual or repeated action or state

— compare ²-es

: from a place or position

: at a distance in space or time

: from a course : aside

used as a function word to indicate physical separation or distance from a position of rest, attachment, or union

: to seaward of

: from the possession or charge of

: seaward

: right

: more removed or distant

: to go away : depart

: kill, murder

: competition : contest

: the domestic ass (Equus asinus)

: a stupid or obstinate person