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smooth-talk

smooth-talk is the alternative form of smooth talk.

Meaning of smooth talk

Verb

smooth talk (third-person singular simple present smooth talks, present participle smooth talking, simple past and past participle smooth talked)

  1. (informal, transitive) To speak glibly and persuasively; to persuade or achieve an objective with smooth talk.
    • In the blue corner was Mazher 'Fake Sheikh' Mahmood, a man said to be capable of smooth talking everyone from minor royals to millionaire football managers.2009, Peter Cole, Tony Harcup, Newspaper Journalism, →ISBN, page 147

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Forms of smooth-talk

third-person singular presentsmooth-talks
present participlesmooth-talking
past participlesmooth-talked
pastsmooth-talked

Questions about smooth-talk

What is smooth-talk the alternative form of?
Smooth-talk is the alternative form of smooth talk.

Words near smooth-talk in the dictionary

  1. smooth-brained
  2. smooth-faced
  3. smooth-haired
  4. smooth-shaven
  5. smooth-spoken
  6. smooth-talk
  7. smooth-talked
  8. smooth-talker
  9. smooth-talkers
  10. smooth-talking
  11. smooth-talks

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