fast-talker

noun

Definition of fast-talkernext
as in smoothie

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  1. slickster
  2. wheeler-dealer
  3. knave
  4. rascal
  5. gamesman
  6. fox
  7. slicker
  8. rogue
Noun
  • Anyone from a Hollywood Goth to a streetwear enthusiast to your average Hollywood slickster looking for something streamlined and stylish will find something here.
    — Max Berlinger, Robb Report, 9 Mar. 2022
  • The jive talker, the role of slang-slinging slickster, has been picked up by Slick, Junkyard Dog and the Godfather.
    — Jeremy Harriot, The Root, 1 Sep. 2017
Definition of slickster
Noun
  • Roseman, grounded in salary cap machinations, negotiations and analytics, is a wheeler-dealer deluxe.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Michele Jackson More than six decades ago, New Yorker writer John Bainbridge spent nine months in the newly wealthy, fast-growing state of Texas, studying and schmoozing with its wheeler-dealers, oilmen, and bankers.
    — The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of wheeler-dealer
Noun
  • The modern health insurer is regarded as either a knave or a pawn and is seldom regarded as a knight.
    — Sachin H. Jain, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Human beings are motivated by virtue (knights) or rigid self-interest (knaves), or are passive victims of their circumstances (pawns).
    — Sachin H. Jain, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of knave
Noun
  • After their car is stolen, the group of rascals must resort to some hilarious hijinks to get past the finish line.
    — Kara Nesvig, Parents, 12 Mar. 2025
  • The black rascal was giving something what-for, and that prompted a gobble only 200 yards from me, followed by another and another.
    — Larry Dablemont, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2025
Definition of rascal
Noun
  • Also featured: a scene in which Parsons, a gamesman who actually brought his own Connect Four board to Southern California training camp, faces backup quarterback Ben DiNucci in a chess match.
    — Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2021
  • Friedlander’s style of photography is usually cool, winking, and gamesman-like, but his pictures of his wife thrum with gentle affection.
    — Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2019
Definition of gamesman
Noun
  • Gray foxes are said to reside here along with reptiles like the smooth green snake and eastern milk snake, as well as numerous birds, including the Virginian rail, Henslow’s sparrow, bobolink and eastern meadowlark.
    — Susan DeGrane, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Follow these tips from Pierce and Owen to keep foxes at a safe distance: Be aware that foxes are part of the landscape.
    — Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2025
Definition of fox
Noun
  • The European far right is skillfully seizing the moment, promising an agricultural overhaul and a chance to stick it to the city slickers.
    — Emily Rauhala, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
  • For the dapper dog walker there's plenty of tweed caps and country-style rain slickers.
    — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2024
Definition of slicker
Noun
  • So, what exactly happened in the roughly 12-minute disaster zone underneath the Live table, that resulted in Consuelos' zipper going rogue?
    — EW.com, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2025
  • In an unexpected appearance, a rogue pigeon stole the show during the conclusion of Paris Fashion Week on Tuesday.
    — Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2025
Definition of rogue
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