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

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The 54-year-old sounds every inch the same fast-talking, outspoken journalist who dominated TV screens more than two decades. Danielle Bacher, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024 But during ninety remarkably fast-talking minutes in New York—verbally, both candidates are speed demons—the Ohio senator J. D. Vance moved the narrative of the race in a small but perceptible way toward the Republican side. Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2024 In this classic, charming romantic comedy, Cary Grant plays a newspaper editor who uses every trick in the book to keep his fast-talking ex-wife (Rosalind Russell), also a reporter for the newspaper, from remarrying. EW.com, 30 Sep. 2024 Graham and Bishop played a mother-daughter duo — with Graham as the fast-talking Lorelai and Bishop as her no-nonsense mother, Emily — on the beloved CW show, which aired from 2000 to 2007. Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for fast-talk 

Word History

First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 30 Nov. 2024.

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