smooth talking
smooth talking is the alternative form of smooth-talking.
smooth talking is the present participle and gerund of smooth talk.
Meaning of smooth-talking
Adjective
smooth-talking (comparative more smooth-talking, superlative most smooth-talking)
- Insincerely ingratiating; flattering.
- By the time the campaign was finished, you never saw a quicker, more smooth-talking political animal than Afram Milovan.1988, Owen Sela, The KGB Candidate, →ISBN, page 261
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)
- 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
Forms of smooth talking
| comparative | more smooth talking |
|---|---|
| superlative | most smooth talking |
Questions about smooth talking
- What is smooth talking the alternative form of?
- Smooth talking is the alternative form of smooth-talking.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: smooth talking (page history and authors); smooth-talking (page history and authors); smooth talk (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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