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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Pinterest once served as a haven from fast-talking commentary on TikTok, life updates from former classmates on Instagram and relatives arguing over politics on Facebook.
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Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 22 Nov. 2025
While the play keeps things smartly in the Eighties, the most noticeable change is the cohort of fast-talking girlfriends who are ready to help Tess McGill through the trials and tribulations of a man’s world and corporate America.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2025
Mac, who starred as fast-talking Frank Catton and was revered as one of the funniest comic actors of the last half-century, died at 50 due to cardiac arrest just a year after Ocean's 13 premiered.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Nov. 2025
The mother-daughter dramedy – centered around fast-talking mom Lorelai (Lauren Graham) and her bookish teen daughter Rory (Alexis Bledel) in their small, fictional Connecticut town of Stars Hollow – has cemented itself as a cult classic in TV history.
—Anika Reed, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
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Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 22 Nov. 2025
While the play keeps things smartly in the Eighties, the most noticeable change is the cohort of fast-talking girlfriends who are ready to help Tess McGill through the trials and tribulations of a man’s world and corporate America.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2025
Mac, who starred as fast-talking Frank Catton and was revered as one of the funniest comic actors of the last half-century, died at 50 due to cardiac arrest just a year after Ocean's 13 premiered.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Nov. 2025
The mother-daughter dramedy – centered around fast-talking mom Lorelai (Lauren Graham) and her bookish teen daughter Rory (Alexis Bledel) in their small, fictional Connecticut town of Stars Hollow – has cemented itself as a cult classic in TV history.
—Anika Reed, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Fast-talk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fast-talk. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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