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sweet-talk

[ sweet-tawk ]
/ ˈswitˌtɔk /
Informal.
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verb (used without object)

to use cajoling words.

verb (used with object)

to use cajoling words on in order to persuade; soft-soap: They tried to sweet-talk the boss into giving them raises.

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Origin of sweet-talk

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby sweet-talk

sweet woodruff, sweet wormwood, sweet-and-sour, sweet-scented, sweet-shop, sweet-talk, sweet-tempered, sweetbread, sweetbrier, sweeten, sweeten the kitty

Definition for sweet-talk (2 of 2)

sweet talk

noun Informal.

cajolery; soft soap.

Origin of sweet talk

First recorded in 1925–30
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Words related to sweet-talk

fawn, salve, inveigle, honey, stroke, oil, toady, sell, court, snow, jolly, cajole, blandish, wheedle, bootlick, adulate, charm, humor, soften, grovel

British Dictionary definitions for sweet-talk

sweet-talk
/ informal /

verb

to coax, flatter, or cajole (someone)

noun sweet talk

cajolery; coaxing
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Idioms and Phrases with sweet-talk

sweet talk

Flattery, cajolery, as in She uses sweet talk to get her way. [First half of 1900s]

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