palaver

palaver

palaver (third-person singular simple present palavers, present participle palavering, simple past and past participle palavered)

1. To discuss with much talk.
   • 1860, Atlantic Monthly, vol. 5, no. 30 (April),

     “That,” he rejoined, “is a way we Americans have. We cannot stop to palaver. What would become of our manifest destiny?”

palaver (plural palavers)

1. (Africa) A village council meeting.
   • 1799, Mungo Park, Travels in the Interior of Africa^[1]:

     Here we remained four days, on account of a palaver which was held on the following occasion.

2. Talk, especially unnecessary talk, fuss.
   • 1899, Stephen Crane, Active Service:

     Knowing full well the right time and the wrong time for a palaver of regret and disavowal, this battalion struggled in the desperation of despair.

   • 1985, Justin Richards, Option Lock, p 229:

     Not for the first time, he reflected that it was not so much the speeches that strained the nerves as the palaver that went with them.

3. A meeting at which there is much talk.
4. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (informal) Disagreement

   I have no palaver with him.

	fam. storie
	unnecessary talk, fuss

chiacchiere

conferenza

conversazione

discussione

Altri significati:

(informal) Disagreement

A meeting at which there is much talk.

Talk, especially unnecessary talk, fuss.

(Africa) A village council meeting.

a meeting at which there is much talk

To discuss with much talk.

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