noun
Etymology: cross (III)
1.
a. : voice sounds heard in a telephone receiver which are induced in the receiver circuit by a neighboring telephone circuit
b. : interference in radiotelephony caused by received waves of frequency other than that to which the receiving set is tuned
c. : the transfer of a recorded signal from one layer of a magnetic tape to another while the tape is wound on a reel
2.
a. : conversation
the one-color groups form, but cross talk between them is not uncommon — Walter Goodman
b. Britain : repartee
snatches of cross talk, lifted wholesale from a current … show — Nicholas Monsarrat