palaver
IPA: pʌɫˈeɪvɝ
noun
- (Africa) A village council meeting.
- (North America, archaic British) Talk, especially unnecessary talk; chatter. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]
- (Britain) Mentally-draining activity, either physical or fuss.
- A meeting at which there is much talk; a debate; a moot.
- (informal) Disagreement.
- Talk intended to deceive. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]
verb
- (intransitive) To discuss with much talk.
- (transitive) To flatter.
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Examples of "palaver" in Sentences
- He is talking palaver.
- This is not a place for palaver.
- I mean, look at all that palaver in Greece.
- Palaver sauces contain meat and fish as well.
- We can go through the palaver, but it will be deleted.
- Roland and the man in black hold palaver in a Golgotha.
- They have a short palaver, followed by a brief skirmish.
- Then we had to do it again, because it was a right palaver.
- The portal sites are trying to grab a share of the campaign palaver.
- He is an expert in the palaver and other indigenous forms of African democracy.
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