no talking
Mouths stay shut
No talking is a command or rule prohibiting speech, typically posted or announced in places requiring silence: libraries, exam rooms, detention halls.
No talking during the test.
The phrase functions as shorthand for enforced quiet, whether literal or figurative: It was a no-talking car ride home after the argument.
- silenceTotal lack of sound
- quietLacking in sound
- quiet zoneDesignated low-noise space
- hushAbsence of sound
- hush hushExtremely secret, concealed
shush · zip it · mute · speechless · keep mum · silent treatment · whisper · stillness · library · finger to lips · finger · lips · gesture · sign · sign language · voiceless · soundless · mime
- library rulesreturn policy, food rules, due dates, late fees, renewals
- courtroom decorumsilence, respect, formality, order, civility
- anti-cheatingcheating prevention, anti-cheat, proctoring, proctor, plagiarism detection
no talkingspeak freely
Express opinions openly
group discussion · open forum · speak up · open floor · talk time
no talkinggroup work
Collective effort on assignment
chatter · partner work · dialogue · brainstorming · back-and-forth
talk, talking, talks, talked, talker, talkers, talkative, tale, tales