fast-talked; fast-talking; fast-talks

transitive verb

: to influence or persuade by fluent, facile, and usually deceptive or tricky talk
fast-talked him into buying a lemon
fast-talker noun

Examples of fast-talk in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The actor opened up about bringing the fast-talking character to life on an episode of NPR’s Fresh Air in September 2023. Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 25 Feb. 2024 Magee — a gregarious, fast-talking bear of a guy with sandy brown hair and a mustache — is wearing a black-and-gray chef’s coat. Jill Wendholt Silva, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024 Sporting flaming red hair à la Sarah Bernhardt—or, in New Yorker lingo, Grace Coddington—Huppert channels the fast-talking screen heroines of 1930s and ’40s screwball comedies for what may be her vampiest performance yet. Daniel Clemens, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2023 His unorthodox ways and fast-talking nature initially grate on local lawmen Rosewood (Reinhold, 66) and Taggart (Ashton, 75), but the men ultimately bond — and bring down the bad guys. Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023 Content creators like Keith Lee and the two fast-talking, ruthless women behind the VIP List are ushering in a new era of food criticism, sharing short, quippy takes that can change a restaurant’s patronage—for better or worse—in as little as 20 seconds. The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 8 Dec. 2023 There’s fast-talking Officer (Kirby Howell-Baptiste), self-explanatory Driver (Vincent Riotta), the sociopathic assassin known as Specialist (Niamh Algar), adroit lock-picker Greaseman (Tara Abboud) and others entrusted with munitions, logistics and post-mission medical care. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2023 Lately, it’s been a fast-talking man extolling the virtues of an electric scrubber. Jaimie Ding, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2023 But no one who picked up the phone wanted to listen to this fast-talking teenager selling a mission-critical security service. Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 14 Nov. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of fast-talk was in 1945

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“Fast-talk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fast-talk. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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