Smooth-talking

Alternative forms

• smooth talking

Full definition of smooth-talking

Adjective

1. Insincerely ingratiating.
• 1988 , Owen Sela , The KGB Candidate , By the time the campaign was finished, you never saw a quicker, more smooth-talking political animal than Afram Milovan.
• 2005 , Dan Tynan, Computer Privacy Annoyances , Children are an increasingly attractive target for ID thieves, in part because they're easy prey for smooth-talking predators in chat rooms, and because the crime can go undetected for years.
• 2011 , Robert D. Hare , Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us , In another case, a young woman, a smooth-talking, parasitic psychopath, constantly complained to her friends that her parents were not contributing enough to her already lavish lifestyle.
• 2011 , Shara Azod , Irresistible , At twenty-one, it was easy for strippers to fall for smooth-talking, married customers.

Verb

present participle

1. Present participle of smooth-talk

Noun

• 2008 , Brian Peterson , Move Over, Girl: A Novel , Anything is possible, but if you haven't begun talking smooth yet, then I would really like to have a demonstration of what you think smooth-talking is.
• 2013 , David Hulme & ‎John Toye, Understanding Poverty and Well-Being: Bridging the Disciplines , For instance, suppose that smooth-talking is important for business.
• 2014 , Bonnie Dee , The New Leaf Pledge , No more smooth-talking or wheedling or coercing.