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• n  flattery intended to persuade
• n  loud and confused and empty talk
• v  speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
• v  influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
  He palavered her into going along
• v  have a lengthy discussion, usually between people of different backgrounds

• The palaver apparently paid off.
• Since Socrates, after considerable palaver, raised the poison cup of hemlock and escaped the indignity of public execution, modern nations have decided that a man under sentence .
• Never mind the popular palaver about a good marriage as a source of bliss for the couple, security for the kids and stability for society.

• blandishment
• cajolery
• hot air
• empty words
• empty talk
• rhetoric
• chatter
• piffle
• prate
• tittle-tattle
• twaddle
• clack
• maunder
• prattle
• blab
• gibber
• tattle
• blabber
• gabble
• wheedle
• cajole
• blarney
• coax
• sweet-talk
• inveigle

Quotes

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• Marcello Lippi in Sydney Morning Herald
  Every coach has his cross to bear, a player with public and press pressure behind him,added Lippi. "This doesn't create a problem for me and I don't give explanations because they cause more of a palaver than they are worth."
• Chris Martin in Digital Spy
  I find it pretty embarrassing, all the palaver [over Jay-Z's booking],Martin said.
• Tony Blair in The Canberra Times
  In an interview for Christmas Voices, Mr Blair says, "It would have caused such a palaver if I had done it while I was still in office."