palaver

palaver
n
1. parley, Inf. powwow, conference, round table, colloquy; session, meeting, gathering, consultation, brainstorming, deliberation; interview, audience, hearing; talk, dialogue, discussion, confabulation, Inf. confab; conversation, causerie, coze, chat, Inf. rap, Inf. rap session, Inf. bull session.
2. chatter, chitchat, Sl. yakety-yak, Sl. yak, twaddle, blather, prattle, idle talk, Sl. shmooze, small talk, Scot. clishmaclaver, gossip, Sl. chinning, Sl. chin session; buzzing, Inf. gab, babble, Brit. natter.
3. flattery, cajolery, wheedling, honeyed words, sweet talk, soft soap, blarney; balderdash, hogwash, eyewash, nonsense, stuff and nonsense, Inf. bosh; flummery, Sl. bunk, rubbish, Sl. horsefeathers, tom-myrot, foolishness.
v
4. parley, Inf. powwow, confer, meet, sit down together; converse, discuss, talk, talk over, chat; deliberate, get in a huddle, put heads together, brainstorm; consult, exchange views or opinions, compare notes; negotiate.
5. chatter, chitchat, Sl. yak, Sl. shmooze; gibber, jabber, Sl. gibber-jabber, blather, gabble, run off at the mouth, Sl. have diarrhea of the mouth, Sl. jaw, Sl. chin; shoot the breeze, pass the time of day, make conversation; prattle, prate, cackle, babble, Inf. beat one's gums; chew the fat or the rag, tittle-tattle, tattle, Scot. clishmaclaver, gossip.

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