smooth-talking
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.35 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
present participle and gerund of smooth-talk
Example Sentences
- "By the time the campaign was finished, you never saw a quicker, more smooth-talking political animal than Afram Milovan."
- "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."
- "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."
- "At twenty-one, it was easy for strippers to fall for smooth-talking, married customers."
- "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."
- "For instance, suppose that smooth-talking is important for business."
Usage
Inflected Forms
more smooth-talking (comparative)
most smooth-talking (superlative)
smooth talking (alternative)
smoothtalking (alternative)