DOUBLE-TALK

Meaning of DOUBLE-TALK in English

confusing talk, bafflegab

His explanation of the government decision was a lot of double-talk.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

DOUBLE-TALK — noun Date: 1936 language that appears to be earnest and meaningful but in fact is a mixture of sense and …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DOUBLE-TALK — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : language that appears to be earnest and meaningful but in fact is a mixture of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOUBLE-TALK — — double-talker , n. /dub"euhl tawk'/ , n. 1. speech using nonsense syllables along with words in a rapid patter. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOUBLE-TALK — n. words which sound like one thing but mean another, intentionally ambiguous language; hypocrisy, insincerity; rapid nonsensical speech, gibberish
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
DOUBLE TALK — v. say words which sound like one thing but mean another
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
DOUBLE-TALK — noun Date: 1936 1. : language that appears to be earnest and meaningful but in fact is a mixture of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOUBLE-TALK — Pronunciation: - ˌ to ̇ k Function: noun Date: 1936 1 : language that appears to be earnest and meaningful …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
DOUBLE-TALK — [dou.ble-talk] n (1936) 1: language that appears to be earnest and meaningful but in fact is a mixture of sense …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DOUBLE-TALK — double-talk BrE AmE ˈdʌb ə l tɔːk -tɑːk ▷ double-talk|ed t ▷ double-talk|er/s ə/z AmE \ ə r/z ▷ double-talk|ing …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DOUBLE-TALK — ˈdouble-talk BrE AmE noun [uncountable] speech that is complicated and can have more than one meaning, sometimes used deliberately to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOUBLE TALK — see double-talk
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOUBLE-TALK — also double talk If you refer to something someone says as double-talk , you mean that it can deceive people …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOUBLE TALK — see double-talk
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
DOUBLE-TALK — also double talk If you refer to something someone says as ~, you mean that it can deceive people or …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
DOUBLE-TALK — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ If she had a gift, he thought, it was for parable and double-talk . ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOUBLE TALK — Synonyms and related words : absurdity, amphigory, babble, babblement, balderdash, bibble-babble, blabber, blather, bombast, claptrap, drivel, drool, fiddle-faddle, fiddledeedee, flummery, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOUBLE-TALK — {n.} 1. Something said that is worded, either on purpose or by accident, so that it may be understood in …
Slang English vocab
DOUBLE-TALK — Function: noun 1 Synonyms: NONSENSE 2, balderdash, ||baloney, ||bull, bunkum, drivel, flimflam, hokum, jazz, twaddle 2 Synonyms: GOBBLEDYGOOK , gibberish
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
DOUBLE-TALK — noun 1. Synonyms: nonsense 2, balderdash, ||baloney, ||bull, bunkum, drivel, flimflam, hokum, jazz, twaddle 2. Synonyms: gobbledygook , gibberish
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOUBLE-TALK — {n.} 1. Something said that is worded, either on purpose or by accident, so that it may be understood in …
Словарь английских идиом
DOUBLE-TALK — talk that appears to have meaning but does not He gave the audience a lot of double-talk so nobody knew …
English Idioms vocab
DOUBLE-TALK — n. 1. Something said that is worded, either on purpose or by accident, so that it may be understood in …
American Idioms English vocabulary
DOUBLE-TALK — сущ. лицемерие; лицемерная болтовня n лицемерие; лицемерная болтовня double-talk лицемерие; лицемерная болтовня
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DOUBLE-TALK — _n. лицемерие; лицемерная болтовня
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DOUBLE-TALK — сущ.лицемерие; лицемерная болтовня
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
DOUBLE-TALK — сущ. лицемерие; лицемерная болтовня
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DOUBLE-TALK — сущ. лицемерие; лицемерная болтовня
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
DOUBLE-TALK — _n. лицемерие; лицемерная болтовня
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
DOUBLE-TALK — n. лицемерие; лицемерная болтовня
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
DOUBLE-TALK — лицемерие; лицемерная болтовня
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
DOUBLE-TALK — _n. лицемерие; лицемерная болтовня
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
DOUBLE TALK — тлф. одновременный разговор
Англо-Русский словарь по телекоммуникациям
DOUBLE-TALK — сущ. лицемерие; лицемерная болтовня n лицемерие; лицемерная болтовня double-talk лицемерие; лицемерная болтовня
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TALK — I. ˈtȯk verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English talken; akin to Frisian talken to talk, Old English talu tale …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOUBLE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TALK — — talkable , adj. — talkability , n. — talker , n. /tawk/ , v.i. 1. to communicate or exchange …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOUBLE — — doubleness , n. — doubler , n. /dub"euhl/ , adj., n., v., doubled, doubling , adv. adj. 1. twice …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TALK — I. ˈtȯk verb Etymology: Middle English; akin to Old English talu tale Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. : to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOUBLE — I. ˈdə-bəl adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French duble, double, from Latin duplus (akin to Greek diploos ), from duo …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TALK — vt to cause to be or become by talking. 2. talk ·noun report; rumor; as, to hear talk of war. …
Webster English vocab
DOUBLE — adv twice; doubly. 2. double ·noun double beer; strong beer. 3. double ·noun an old term for a variation, as …
Webster English vocab
TALK — [talk] vb [ME; akin to OE talu tale] vt (13c) 1: to deliver or express in speech: utter 2: to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DOUBLE — [dou.ble] adj [ME, fr. OF, fr. L duplus (akin to Gk diploos), fr. duo two + -plus multiplied by; akin …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DOUBLE — doubl|e BrE AmE ˈdʌb ə l ▷ doubl|ed d ▷ doubl|es z ▷ doubl|ing ‿ɪŋ ▷ doubl|y ‿i ▶ ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TALK — / tɔːk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb SPEAK TO SB 1. talk (to / with sb) (about sb/sth) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOUBLE — / ˈdʌbl; NAmE / adjective , determiner , adverb , noun , verb ■ adjective [ usually before noun ] …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TALK — I. talk 1 S1 W1 /tɔːk $ tɒːk/ BrE AmE verb [ Word Family: noun : ↑ talk , talks, …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOUBLE — I. doub ‧ le 1 S1 W2 /ˈdʌb ə l/ BrE AmE adjective [usually before noun] [ Date: 1100-1200 ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TALK — v. & n. --v. 1 intr. (often foll. by to, with) converse or communicate ideas by spoken words. 2 intr. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOUBLE — adj., adv., n., & v. --adj. 1 a consisting of two usu. equal parts or things; twofold. b consisting of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TALK — v. & n. v. 1 intr. (often foll. by to, with) converse or communicate ideas by spoken words. 2 intr. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOUBLE — adj., adv., n., & v. adj. 1 a consisting of two usu. equal parts or things; twofold. b consisting of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TALK — v. & n. --v. 1. intr. (often foll. by to, with) converse or communicate ideas by spoken words. 2 intr. …
Oxford English vocab
DOUBLE — adj., adv., n., & v. --adj. 1. a consisting of two usu. equal parts or things; twofold. b consisting of …
Oxford English vocab
TALK — ( talks, talking, talked) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. When you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOUBLE — ( doubles, doubling, doubled) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TALK — (~s, ~ing, ~ed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. When you ~, …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TALK
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOUBLE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a double bed (= a bed for two people ) ▪ Would you like …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOUBLE — [verb]The government aims to double the number of students in higher education within 25 years. [T]Company profits have doubled since …
Cambridge English vocab
TALK
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOUBLE — Synonyms and related words : Doppelganger, Janus-like, Machiavellian, Photostat, Xerox, aberrancy, aberration, accelerate, act for, actual thing, agent, aggravate, alternate, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TALK — n. back talk by talk cross talk double talk small talk sweet talk talk into
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
DOUBLE — n. double barreled double cross double dealer double dealing double distilled double dog dare double dome double dyed double edged …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab

English Idioms vocabulary

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