Palaver: alternatives and connections

To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles.

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of Browbeat

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A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; an insolent, tyrannical fellow.

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To talk superficially or ignorantly; to babble; to chatter.

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To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner.

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A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night.

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The act or practice of flattering; the act of pleasing by artiful commendation or compliments; adulation; false, insincere, or excessive praise.

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The opening through which an animal receives food; the aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity, containing the tongue and tee…

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That which is not sense, or has no sense; words, or language, which have no meaning, or which convey no intelligible ideas; absurdity.

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Mutual discourse or conversation; discussion; hence, an oral conference with an enemy, as with regard to a truce.

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To influence or gain over by argument, advice, entreaty, expostulation, etc.; to draw or incline to a determination by presenting sufficient motives.

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To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to…

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To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.

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Outer.

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To convert into a verb; to verbify.

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To persuade by gentle, insinuating courtesy, flattering, or fondling; to wheedle; to soothe.

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To persuade by gentle, insinuating courtesy, flattering, or fondling; to wheedle; to soothe.

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of Coax

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of Coax

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One who prates.

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One who prates.

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To utter or tell unnecessarily, or in a thoughtless manner; to publish (secrets or trifles) without reserve or discretion.

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A tattler; a telltale.

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The act of blandishing; a word or act expressive of affection or kindness, and tending to win the heart; soft words and artful caresses; cajolery; al…

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Smooth, wheedling talk; flattery.

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To deceive with flattery or fair words; to wheedle.

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A wheedling to delude; words used in cajoling; flattery.

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To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct.

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To make a sudden, sharp noise, or a succesion of such noises, as by striking an object, or by collision of parts; to rattle; to click.

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To persuade by gentle, insinuating courtesy, flattering, or fondling; to wheedle; to soothe.

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To talk fast, or to talk without meaning; to prate; to jabber.

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A balky horse.

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To lead astray as if blind; to persuade to something evil by deceptive arts or flattery; to entice; to insnare; to seduce; to wheedle.

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To beg.

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Nonsense or trivial talk

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To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly; to babble.

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To talk much and idly; to prate; hence, to talk lightly and artlessly, like a child; to utter child's talk.

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The art of composition; especially, elegant composition in prose.

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To prate; to talk idly; to use many words with little meaning; to chat.

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Idle, trifling talk; empty prattle.

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To talk in a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties are decayed; to prate; to prattle.

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To entice by soft words; to cajole; to flatter; to coax.

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