The politician avoided the question with double-talk.
The man's explanation of the new tax bill was just a lot of double-talk.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
double-talk — double talker, n. /dub euhl tawk /, n. 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. v.i. 3. to engage in… … Universalium
double talk — 1938, from DOUBLE (Cf. double) + TALK (Cf. talk) … Etymology dictionary
double-talk — n [U] speech that is complicated and can have more than one meaning, sometimes used deliberately to deceive or confuse people British Equivalent: double speak ▪ legal double talk … Dictionary of contemporary English
double talk — ☆ double talk n. 1. ambiguous and deceptive talk 2. deliberately confusing or unintelligible talk made up of a mixture of real words and meaningless syllables * * * … Universalium
double talk — ☆ double talk n. 1. ambiguous and deceptive talk 2. deliberately confusing or unintelligible talk made up of a mixture of real words and meaningless syllables … English World dictionary
double-talk — talk that appears to have meaning but does not He gave the audience a lot of double talk so nobody knew what he wanted to say … Idioms and examples
double-talk — [n] nonsense communicated amphibiology, balderdash, baloney*, bull*, drivel, equivocation, flimflam*, gibberish, jazz*, mumbo jumbo*, rigmarole; concept 278 Ant. sense, straight talk … New thesaurus
double talk — index jargon (unintelligible language) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
double talk — double ,talk noun uncount a way of saying things that make it impossible for people to understand, used by people in official positions when they want to hide the truth … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Double Talk — For the language game, double talk, see Gibberish (language game). Not to be confused with doublespeak. Double Talk Also known as Celebrity Double Talk Genre Game show Created by Bob Stewart … Wikipedia
Double-talk — For Pig Latin like code , double talk, see Gibberish (language game). Not to be confused with Doublespeak. Double talk is a form of speech in which inappropriate, invented or nonsense words are used to give the appearance of erudition and so… … Wikipedia
