fast-talk
verb
fast-talked; fast-talking; fast-talks
: to influence or persuade by fluent, facile, and usually deceptive or tricky talk
fast-talked him into buying a lemon
fast-talker
noun
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Flamboyant, fast-talking Southerner Georgia stands out among the fussy, provincial New England set.
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Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
For as much as Anderson’s films call for his actors to flatten their delivery, his first foray into stop-motion animation picked up the pace considerably, and Clooney zips right along with his character’s fast-talking schemes.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 12 June 2025
After attending Vallejo Junior College, Stone got a job as a fast-talking DJ at San Francisco R&B station KSOL, where his eclectic taste stoked his popularity, working the new British bands like The Beatles, The Animals and The Stones into the station’s soul format.
—Roy Trakin, HollywoodReporter, 9 June 2025
The schtick is fast-talking facts and plenty of jokes about the companies and people and concepts that are, in one way or another, selling a bill of goods.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 7 June 2025
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Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
For as much as Anderson’s films call for his actors to flatten their delivery, his first foray into stop-motion animation picked up the pace considerably, and Clooney zips right along with his character’s fast-talking schemes.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 12 June 2025
After attending Vallejo Junior College, Stone got a job as a fast-talking DJ at San Francisco R&B station KSOL, where his eclectic taste stoked his popularity, working the new British bands like The Beatles, The Animals and The Stones into the station’s soul format.
—Roy Trakin, HollywoodReporter, 9 June 2025
The schtick is fast-talking facts and plenty of jokes about the companies and people and concepts that are, in one way or another, selling a bill of goods.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 7 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for fast-talk
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“Fast-talk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fast-talk. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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