palaver, n.
1.
a. Idle chatter.
b. Talk intended to charm or beguile.
2. Obsolete. A parley between European explorers and representatives of local populations, especially in Africa.
v. palavered, palavering, palavers
v. tr.
To flatter or cajole.
v. intr.
To chatter idly.
“A bucket, redwhiteblue
of the small dog's still
palavering.”
--Matthew Cooperman, “Another Souza”
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