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smooth-talk en · NOUN

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1. (alt-of, alternative, uncountable) Alternative form of smooth talk.
   alt of smooth talk
   • Smooth-talk isolates and distances the speaker and excludes the interlocutor from involvement. 2008, Luke Prodromou, English as a Lingua Franca: A Corpus-based Analysis, →ISBN, page 146:
   • 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. 2000, Graham Hamer, Paperchase, →ISBN, page 166:
   • 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. 2012, Alain Mabanckou, Black Bazaar, →ISBN:

smooth-talk en · VERB

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of smooth talk.
   alt of smooth talk
   • 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. 2003, Steven M. Best, When Philosophers Were Kings, →ISBN, page 115:
   • Extraverts, because of their verbal prowess, would be able to smooth-talk their way through almost any situation. 2009, Otto Kroeger, Janet M. Thuesen, Hile Rutledge, Type Talk at Work, →ISBN:
   • Whenever he would get in trouble, Smith turned up the charm even more, smooth-talking his way out of serious punishment. 2014, Matt Green, Celebrity Biographies - The Amazing Life Of Will Smith:

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