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double-talk

or dz··ٲ

[ duhb-uhl-tawk ]

noun

  1. speech using nonsense syllables along with words in a rapid patter.
  2. deliberately evasive or ambiguous language:

    When you try to get a straight answer, he gives you double-talk.



verb (used without object)

  1. to engage in double-talk.

verb (used with object)

  1. to accomplish or persuade by double-talk.

double talk

noun

  1. rapid speech with a mixture of nonsense syllables and real words; gibberish
  2. empty, deceptive, or ambiguous talk, esp by politicians
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • dzb-ٲe noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of double-talk1

An Americanism dating back to 1935–40
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Example Sentences

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He exposed double-talk, pointed out hypocrisy and could draw laughter with a wide-eyed look of incredulousness or fear.

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Dressed up in an inexhaustible supply of euphemistic rhetoric and double-talk, such immoral policies are stunning to see in real time.

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If his pre-prison projects were almost entirely freestyled, these songs are more tightly written, honoring the fallen, indicting the double-talk of the industry, powered by the energy of a bowstring being pulled back for a half-decade.

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Instead, the orchestration of the House objections was a story of shrewd salesmanship and calculated double-talk, set against a backdrop of demographic change across the country that has widened the gulf between the parties.

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Cook seemed kind most of the time, but she was beginning to wonder if the older woman was what Daddy had referred to as Double-Talk Folk.

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