palaver

  • 31palaver — Synonyms and related words: absurdity, accents, adulate, adulation, advise with, affair, amphigory, audience, babble, babblement, balderdash, bargain, bargaining, bargaining session, bavardage, beslobber, beslubber, bibble babble, blab, blabber,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 32Palaver — Besprechung, endlose Gerede …

    Maritimes Wörterbuch

  • 33palaver — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. colloquy, conference, parley, conversation; babble, chatter; flattery, soft soap (inf.); nonsense, absurdity. v. i. converse, confer; dicker, barter; gossip, drivel, babble, chatter. See speech,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 34Palaver — Pa|la|ver 〈 [ vər] n.; Gen.: s, Pl.: 〉 1. 〈urspr.〉 Versammlung von Schwarzen, Unterredung von Weißen mit Schwarzen 2. 〈fig.〉 überflüssiges Gerede, nutzlose Verhandlung [Etym.: <portug. palavra »Wort, Sprache«] …

    Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • 35Palaver — Pa lavern 1.Besprechung,Beratung,Auseinandersetzung;Verhör;Geschwätz.Gehtzurückaufportug»palavra=Unterredung(mitdenEingeborenen)«,dasseinerseitsauflat»parabola=Bericht«fußt.Seitdem18.Jh. 2.umetweinPalavermachen=umetwvieleUmständemachen;eineSachese… …

    Wörterbuch der deutschen Umgangssprache

  • 36palaver — pa|lav|er [ pə lavər ] noun 1. ) singular or uncount INFORMAL a situation that causes you a lot of unnecessary trouble or work a ) a situation in which a lot of people are angry or worried 2. ) count OLD FASHIONED a long discussion between two… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 37palaver —  Fuss …

    Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • 38palaver — pa·lav·er || pÉ™ lævÉ™(r) / lɑːv n. idle or foolish chatter; flattery; conference between two parties (especially meetings between explorers and native officials) v. chatter idly; flatter; confer, negotiate …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 39palaver — [pə lα:və] informal noun 1》 prolonged and tedious fuss or discussion. 2》 a parley or improvised conference between two sides. verb talk unnecessarily at length. Origin C18: from Port. palavra word …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 40palaver — n. 1. Twaddle, chatter, balderdash, rigmarole, gibberish, stuff, trash, fudge, nonsense, platitude, moonshine, wish wash, flummery, jargon, senseless prate, frothy discourse, idle talk. 2. Talk, conversation, conference, colloquy …

    New dictionary of synonyms