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单词 smart-talk
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smart-talk
smart-talk v. transitive (a) to engage (a person) in clever, witty, or persuasive conversation, esp. of an insincere nature; (also) to make (one's way) by means of such talk; cf. smooth-talk v.; (b) to talk to or answer (a person) in an impertinent or rude way; cf. smart-mouth vb.
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1930 Blytheville (Arkansas) Courier News 8 Nov. 8/7 On Broadway, they ‘smart talk’ them into thinking they are the most scintillatingly brilliant..creatures that the world ever produced.
1936 San Antonio (Texas) Express 12 Jan. (Comic section) Don't smart talk me!
1988 Mother Jones Apr. 26/1 [He] uses grim unemployment statistics to push the students who smart-talk him.
1994 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 27 Nov. 29/1 [He] smart-talked his way through life and love in New York City.
2002 T. Lott Rumours of Hurricane (2003) ii. 44 Don't you smart-talk me. We put a roof over your head.
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