fast-talk
verb
fast-talked; fast-talking; fast-talks
: to influence or persuade by fluent, facile, and usually deceptive or tricky talk
fast-talked him into buying a lemon
fast-talker
noun
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Audiences would join the show in progress, see Chase as a fast-talking anchor and fall right in.
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Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 1 Jan. 2026
Rourke gained acclaim for his role as a fast-talking hustler in Barry Levinson’s coming-of-age comedy Diner.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 30 Dec. 2025
Chase played the fast-talking and precocious Martin Qwerly on the Nickelodeon teen sitcom Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide across the full three-season series run.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Dec. 2025
The mother-daughter dramedy – centered around fast-talking mom Lorelai (Lauren Graham) and her bookish teen daughter Rory (Alexis Bledel) in their small, fictional Connecticut town of Stars Hollow – has cemented itself as a cult classic in TV history.
—Anika Reed, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
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Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 1 Jan. 2026
Rourke gained acclaim for his role as a fast-talking hustler in Barry Levinson’s coming-of-age comedy Diner.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 30 Dec. 2025
Chase played the fast-talking and precocious Martin Qwerly on the Nickelodeon teen sitcom Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide across the full three-season series run.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Dec. 2025
The mother-daughter dramedy – centered around fast-talking mom Lorelai (Lauren Graham) and her bookish teen daughter Rory (Alexis Bledel) in their small, fictional Connecticut town of Stars Hollow – has cemented itself as a cult classic in TV history.
—Anika Reed, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Fast-talk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fast-talk. Accessed 6 Jan. 2026.
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