glib

About 0.41 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding; superficial; shallow.

   glib answers

2. adjective Smooth or slippery.

   a sheet of glib ice

3. adjective Artfully persuasive but insincere in nature; smooth-talking, honey-tongued, silver-tongued.

   a glib tongue

4. adjective Snarky or unserious in a disrespectful way.
5. verb To make smooth or slippery.
6. noun A person's mouth or tongue.
7. noun A mass of matted hair worn down over the eyes, formerly common in Ireland.
8. verb (Can we verify this sense?) To castrate; to geld; to emasculate.

Similar words

superficial smooth-tongued persuasive plausible pat slick glib-tongued cavalier flippant casual

Often followed by

and tongue talk in of or to answer about

Word family

glibber glibbest glibly glibness glibnesses