palaver Definition
pa·laver (pə lav′ər)
noun
- a conference or discussion, as orig. between African natives and European explorers or traders
- talk; esp., idle chatter
- flattery; cajolery
Etymology: Port palavra, a word, speech < LL(Ec) parabola, parable
intransitive verb
- to talk, esp. idly or flatteringly
- to confer
transitive verb
to flatter or wheedle
palaver Synonyms
palaver Usage Examples
Converse of object
- have: Businesses, of course, don't have this palaver to go through.
- hold: Here they kindled a flashlight and held a long palaver as to what was to be done with the prisoners.
Adjective modifier
- whole: Phundria senses that much of the whole PC palaver just might have been a thorough waste of time.
- usual: Then there was the usual palaver about what people voted for in 1975.
- long: Here they kindled a flashlight and held a long palaver as to what was to be done with the prisoners.
Noun used with modifier
woman: A more sophisticated, but equally threatening, strategy was to create " woman palaver " in the warri one wished to displace.
Browse dictionary entries near palaver
- ‹ Palau
- ‹ palatine
- ‹ Palatinate
- ‹ palatial
- ‹ palate
- ‹ palatalize
- ‹ palatal
- ‹ palatable
- ‹ palanquin
- ‹ palaestra
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- pale ›
- pale dry ›
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- palea ›
- Palearctic ›
- paleethnology ›
- paleface ›

