smooth-talk

See also: smooth talk

English

Verb

smooth-talk (third-person singular simple present smooth-talks, present participle smooth-talking, simple past and past participle smooth-talked)

1. Alternative form of smooth talk
   • 2003, Steven M. Best, When Philosophers Were Kings, →ISBN, page 115:

     This was his second time today, and announcing that she was "plum-tuckered and ready for a whirl," he mounted her, hanging tight on every jump, bouncing free of her when she hit her peak, then walking and smooth-talking her again.

   • 2009, Otto Kroeger, Janet M. Thuesen, Hile Rutledge, Type Talk at Work, →ISBN:

     Extraverts, because of their verbal prowess, would be able to smooth-talk their way through almost any situation.

   • 2014, Matt Green, Celebrity Biographies - The Amazing Life Of Will Smith:

     Whenever he would get in trouble, Smith turned up the charm even more, smooth-talking his way out of serious punishment.

Noun

smooth-talk (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of smooth talk
   • 2000, Graham Hamer, Paperchase, →ISBN, page 166:

     It took two full minutes of Ron Scott's greasy smooth-talk to calm Richard, even lighting a fresh cigarette for him after he had finished brusing the ash off his boss's shoulders.

   • 2008, Luke Prodromou, English as a Lingua Franca: A Corpus-based Analysis, →ISBN, page 146:

     Smooth-talk isolates and distances the speaker and excludes the interlocutor from involvement.

   • 2012, Alain Mabanckou, Black Bazaar, →ISBN:

     When my ex burst out laughing, I quickly added that, over time, we stopped believing in Big Poupy's smooth-talk which cost us a lot for nothing.