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
Examples of fast-talk in a Sentence
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One of the friendliest, most energetic and respected college football assistants gifted the local media Tuesday with his fast-talking perspective on the University of Miami’s bodyguards for new star quarterback Cam Ward.
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Susan Miller Degnan, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2024
An introductory roar of stadium crowd noise and fast-talking match commentary is soon shrunk to the inner monologue of Vinny (Ward), a fleet-footed young man crashing a children’s soccer match in an East London park.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 Mar. 2024
The rapper dropped the song alongside a music video directed by Patience Harding that sees Cardi performing the fast-talking track in a series of slick ensembles.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2024
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
Susan Miller Degnan, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2024
An introductory roar of stadium crowd noise and fast-talking match commentary is soon shrunk to the inner monologue of Vinny (Ward), a fleet-footed young man crashing a children’s soccer match in an East London park.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 Mar. 2024
The rapper dropped the song alongside a music video directed by Patience Harding that sees Cardi performing the fast-talking track in a series of slick ensembles.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2024
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
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