fast-talking

verb

present participle of fast-talk
1
as in wheedling

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2
as in bamboozling

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fast-talking
  1. wheedling
  2. bamboozling
  3. cajoling
  4. double-crossing
  5. coaxing
  6. betraying
  7. convincing
  8. tricking
Verb
  • In a bid to rekindle the couple’s honeymoon phase, Yasmin troubleshoots by wheedling a chief executive role for him at payment processing company Tender (run by Max Minghella‘s inscrutable puppet-master Whitney Halberstram), and throwing her husband a lavish costume party for his 40th birthday.
    — Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 18 Jan. 2026
Definition of wheedling
Verb
  • But if Rodgers and Newton are right about fake vaccination cards being a thing around the NFL at the time, there was apparently much bamboozling being done by a number of people.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • His serve is monstrous; his forehand is potent; his backhand slice is bamboozling.
    — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 1 July 2026
Definition of bamboozling
Verb
  • In the clip, Bottomley’s character can be seen cajoling Howells’ Taylor into having a drink and letting loose at a house party.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Someone there has to be gobbier and start cajoling players into their proper positions.
    — Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 4 July 2026
Definition of cajoling
Verb
  • Now and then, the series jumps ahead about 60 years, where Blethyn’s Emma, now an incredibly wealthy and powerful department-store mogul, is dealing with double-crossing relatives and an excess of shag carpeting.
    — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 25 June 2026
Definition of double-crossing
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  • Hagerty has leveraged his garden expertise to grow an orchard of tropical fruits, coaxing them to thrive in our Mediterranean climate.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Toasting brings out a different side of the wood, coaxing greater sweetness and vanilla while softening sharper tannins and creating a fuller, rounder body.
    — Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of coaxing
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  • Over time, Russian prosecutors have begun to charge more of these Ukrainians with treason—for the crime of betraying Russia—rather than with harming the interests of a foreign state.
    — Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • One of the spirits was Sinon, who was upset with Odysseus for betraying him and not telling him the Trojan Horse plan.
    — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 July 2026
Definition of betraying
Verb
  • Warner’s deal with Suno appears to also require at least some degree of artist opt-in, and in general, convincing artists and managers may prove to be a challenge.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The play opens with Leontes convincing himself that a pregnant Hermione has been sleeping with his friend Polixenes, the king of Bohemia (played by Gilbert Owuor).
    — Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of convincing
Verb
  • Mistruths, false claims, scams, and other deceptive efforts are tricking people into thinking that a watermark removal app will do wonders, whereas the reality is that the results are at best half-mixed or aimed to cause damage.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026
  • ClickFix works by tricking you into performing an action on your computer that stealthily downloads and installs malware.
    — Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of tricking
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“Fast-talking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fast-talking. Accessed 20 Aug. 2026.

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