transitive verb, intransitive verb wheedled -·dled, wheedling -·dling

1. to influence or persuade (a person) by flattery, soothing words, coaxing, etc.
2. to get (something) by coaxing or flattery

Etymology: 17th-c. cant < ? Ger wedeln, to wag the tail, fan, hence to flatter < wedel, a fan, tail