palaver
Meaning of palaver
- unnecessarily elaborate or complex procedure.
there's a lot of palaver involved
since I've started the whole palaver, I may as well carry it forward
getting into each building was a bit of a palaver
what a palaver!
- an improvised conference between two groups, typically those without a shared language or culture.
- talk unproductively and at length.
it's too hot for palavering
mid 18th century (in the sense ‘a talk between tribespeople and traders’): from Portuguese palavra ‘word’, from Latin parabola ‘comparison’ (see parable).
Information about palaver
- The plural form of palaver is: palavers.
- Languages in which palaver is used:
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Hyphenation of palaver
palaver
- It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
- palaver is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
palaver synonyms
Meaning blandishment:
Meaning hot air:
Meaning chatter:
chatter, piffle, prate, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble, yabber
Meaning wheedle:
wheedle, cajole, blarney, coax, inveigle
Meaning engage in gossip:
Meaning talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way:
Meaning talk in a long-winded way without making very much sense:
Meaning talk in a rapid, excited, and often incomprehensible way:
Meaning dribble at the mouth; slaver:
Meaning talk at length; chatter:
Meaning kill or harm by exposure to gas:
Meaning talk at length, typically about trivial matters:
Meaning a large domesticated wild ox with shaggy hair, humped shoulders, and large horns, used in Tibet as a pack animal and for its milk, meat, and hide:
Meaning talk incessantly; chatter:
Meaning talk casually, especially on unimportant matters; chat:
Meaning hunt rabbits:
Meaning speak at length about trivial matters:
Meaning talk or grumble monotonously:
Meaning speak or write at length in a vague or trivial manner:
Meaning have a chat:
Translation of palaver
- Spanish: convencer
- Italian: convincere, blandire, persuadere, conciliabolo
- French: amadouer, palabre
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