palaver

Plural: palavers

Noun

• flattery intended to persuade
• loud and confused and empty talk
• A village council meeting.
• Talk, especially unnecessary talk; chatter.
• Mentally draining activity, either physical or fuss.
• A meeting at which there is much talk; a debate; a moot.
• Disagreement.
• Talk intended to deceive.

Verb

Verb Forms: palavered, palavering, palavers

• To talk idly or unnecessarily; to chatter.
• speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
• influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
  • "He palavered her into going along"
• have a lengthy discussion, usually between people of different backgrounds
• To discuss with much talk.
• To flatter.

Examples

• I have no palaver with him.
• Stop the PALAVER and just play your best word, advised the Scrabble pro.
• What a palaver!

Synonyms

blab, blabber, blandishment, blarney, cajole, cajolery, chatter, clack, coax, empty talk, empty words, gabble, gibber, hot air, inveigle, maunder, piffle, prate, prattle, rhetoric, sweet-talk, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle, wheedle, ado, babble, bat the breeze, blather, bother, carp, chat, chew the fat, chew the rag, chinwag, chit-chat, chunner, claver, clepe, drivel, go on, jabber, natter, palaver, rabbit, rabbit on, ramble, shoot the breeze, shoot the bull, shoot the shit, smatter, waffle, wibble, witter, yabber, yack, yak, yap, yatter

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