- fast-talk
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transitive verb
Date: 1946
to influence or persuade by fluent, facile, and usually deceptive or tricky talk <fast-talked him into buying a lemon> • fast-talker noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
fast-talk
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fast-talk — ☆ fast talk [fast′tôk′, fäst′tôk′ ] vt. Informal to persuade with fast, smooth, but often deceitful talk … English World dictionary
fast-talk — /fast tawk , fahst /, v.t. to persuade with facile argument, usually with the intention to deceive or to overwhelm rational objections: The salesperson tried to fast talk me into buying a suit I didn t want. [1945 50, Amer.] * * * … Universalium
fast-talk — fast′ talk v. t. to persuade with clever or facile argument • Etymology: 1945–50, amer … From formal English to slang
fast-talk — v. (colloq.) (D; tr.) to fast talk into; out of (to fast talk smb. into doing smt.) * * * [ˌfɑːs(t) tɔːk] out of (to fast talk smb. into doing smt.) (colloq.) (D;tr.) to fast talkinto … Combinatory dictionary
fast-talk — /ˈfast tɔk/ (say fahst tawk) verb (t) to confuse or deceive by rapid and often irrelevant talk. –fast talking, noun …
fast-talk — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ transitive verb Etymology: fast (I) + talk, n. slang : to influence or persuade by fluent and facile and usually deceptive or tricky talk fast talked tribal chieftains … out of a parcel of rain drenched, tropical real estate Newsweek… … Useful english dictionary
fast-talk — verb To use clever talk in order to persuade someone to do something rash … Wiktionary
fast-talk — verb informal, chiefly N. Amer. pressurize into doing something using rapid or misleading speech … English new terms dictionary
fast-talking — fastˈ talking adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑fast * * * fast talking UK [ˌfɑːst ˈtɔːkɪŋ] US [ˌfæst ˈtɔkɪŋ] adjective talking very quickly, especially in order to trick someone or to persuade them to buy something Thesaurus: words used to describe… … Useful english dictionary
talk a mile a minute — talk fast, talk quickly Mimi talks a mile a minute. It s hard to understand her … English idioms
