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palaveredverbpast tense of palaver to engage in casual or rambling conversationmothers palavering and drinking coffee while watching their children play babbled, blabbed, cackled, chaffered(British), chatted, chattered, chinned(slang), conversed, gabbed, gabbled, gassed, jabbered, jawed, kibitzed(also kibbitzed), nattered, pattered, prated, prattled, ran on, rapped, rattled, schmoozed(or shmoozed), talked, twittered, visited gossiped, tattleddescanted, discussed, expatiatedyakked(also yacked), yammered, yapped blew smoke, chewed the fat(also chewed the rag), shot the breeze, talked a blue streak to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flatteryI let the salesclerk at the electronics store palaver me into a service contract that I didn't need blandished, blarneyed, cajoled, coaxed, soft-soaped, sweet-talked, wheedled adulated, flattered, overpraisedbuttered up, charmed, massaged, wooedbegged, beseeched(or besought), importuned, urgedbeguiled, cozened, finagled, juggled, wangled, wiledenticed, lured, seduced, tempted bugged, harassed, nagged, pestered, teasedbrowbeat, bulldozed, bullied, cowed, intimidatedcoerced, compelled, constrained, demanded, forced, made, obliged, required |