Speaking (7)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">speaking</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('talk' can be a synonym of 'speak')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for talking that I've seen before include "Speaking" , "Chatting" , "Verbalising" , "Conversing" .)
(Another definition for stating that I've seen is " Swearing".)