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dou·ble-talk
 double-talk
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- pronunciation:
- duh
b
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tawk
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
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noun |
| definition 1: |
ambiguous language meant to deceive people or evade problems or issues.
a politician known for his double-talk- synonyms:
- equivocation, weaseling, words
- similar words:
- bunk, cant, circumlocution, claptrap, duplicity, evasion, hokum, hype, lip service, newspeak
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| definition 2: |
unintelligible or meaningless talk, usu. uttered rapidly, in which nonsense sounds are intermixed with real words.
- synonyms:
- gibberish, gobbledygook, hogwash, mumbo jumbo
- similar words:
- balderdash, baloney, blather, drivel, humbug, poppycock, rubbish, tommyrot, twaddle
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| related words: |
ambiguity |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
double-talks, double-talking, double-talked |
| definition: |
to achieve or persuade by double-talk.
She double-talked her way into a private meeting.The salesman double-talked them into buying a higher-priced house.- synonyms:
- beguile
- similar words:
- con, sucker
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