palaver

Etymology
Originally nautical slang, from, from. The term's use (especially in Africa) mimics the evolution of the word moot. As such, for sense development, see moot. .

Noun

 * 1)  A village council meeting.
 * 2)  Talk, especially unnecessary talk; chatter. 1
 * 3)  Mentally-draining activity, either physical or fuss.
 * 4) * 1988, Lord Grimond, House of Lords vol 492 col 695 :
 * What's the good of going through all this palaver of giving very small sums to very obscure charities?
 * 1) A meeting at which there is much talk; a debate; a moot.
 * 2)  Disagreement.
 * I have no palaver with him.
 * 1) Talk intended to deceive. 1
 * 1) * 1988, Lord Grimond, House of Lords vol 492 col 695 :
 * What's the good of going through all this palaver of giving very small sums to very obscure charities?
 * 1) A meeting at which there is much talk; a debate; a moot.
 * 2)  Disagreement.
 * I have no palaver with him.
 * 1) Talk intended to deceive. 1
 * 1)  Disagreement.
 * I have no palaver with him.
 * 1) Talk intended to deceive. 1

Synonyms

 * , ; See also Thesaurus:chatter
 * , ; See also Thesaurus:commotion

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Bulgarian: празни приказки
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:, kälätys, ,
 * French:
 * Galician: liorna
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: suainseán
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese: palavreado,
 * Russian: пу́стая болтовня́, пра́здная болтовня́
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish: ; sähläys,


 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Russian: до́лгие перегово́ры


 * Finnish: ,


 * Finnish:
 * Irish: plámás

Verb

 * 1)  To discuss with much talk.
 * 2)  To flatter.
 * 1)  To flatter.
 * 1)  To flatter.
 * 1)  To flatter.

Etymology
Borrowed from.