Meaning & use
chalk talk
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Meaning
nouncountable
An informal talk or lesson, especially about sports strategy, given while drawing diagrams on a board.
Grammar: Countable: a chalk talk, two chalk talks.
Patterns
- give a chalk talk
- a chalk talk on something
- during a chalk talk
The coach gave a chalk talk before the big game, showing plays on the blackboard.
She attended a chalk talk on defensive strategies.
The professor's chalk talk made the complex theory easy to grasp.
Word forms
| plural | chalk talks |
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Common combinations
- give a chalk talk
- The manager gave a chalk talk to explain the new sales plan.
- chalk talk on
- He delivered a chalk talk on offensive plays.
- pre-game chalk talk
- The team gathered for a pre-game chalk talk.
Synonyms and how they differ
Commonly confused: chalk talk or chalkboard?
chalk talk vs chalkboard
A chalkboard is the board itself; a chalk talk is the talk given using it.
Practice
Before the match, the coach held a ________ to explain the team's strategy on the whiteboard.
Choose one answer.
'Chalk talk' fits because it means an informal strategy session with diagrams. 'Chalkboard' is the board; 'chalky' is an adjective; 'chalk up' is a phrasal verb meaning to achieve something.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “chalk talk”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.