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dou⋅ble-talk

[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)
3. to engage in double-talk.
–verb (used with object)
4. to accomplish or persuade by double-talk.
Also, dou⋅ble⋅talk.


Origin:
1935–40, Americanism


double-talker, noun
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