smooth talk meaning (informal): definition, quotations

smooth talk

verb

Informal To speak glibly and persuasively; to persuade or achieve an objective with smooth talk.

In the blue corner was Mazher 'Fake Sheikh' Mahmood, a man said to be capable of smooth talking everyone from minor royals to millionaire football managers.2009, Peter Cole, Tony Harcup, Newspaper Journalism, →ISBN, page 147:
It was the combination of his dark curly hair, which he let grow a bit wild, his half smile that showed his chipped front tooth, and his ability to smooth talk anyone with the sound of his voice that worked like magic.2012, Eileen Cook, The Almost Truth, →ISBN:

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Don't you try smooth talking me!2013, Alain Mabanckou, Tomorrow I'll Be Twenty, →ISBN, page 78:

noun

Glib flattery and persuasion.

It took a full month and a half of his smooth talk, a few pieces of expensive jewelry and some very fine coke to get her in his bed.2011, Bruce Roberts, Lethal Libido, →ISBN, page 45:
So she tempted him with her charms, and he gave in to her smooth talk.2011, Fitzhugh G. Houston, Men Let's Talk (The Victory Over Lust Survival Handbook), →ISBN, page 61:

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This they did, Paul says, when by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people.2012, Colin G. Kruse, Paul's Letter to the Romans, →ISBN: