Definition of palaver in English:

palaver

noun pəˈlɑːvə

mass nouninformal

1Prolonged and tedious fuss or discussion.
mucking around with finances and all that palaver
Example sentencesExamples
- Jo also sent me running for the dictionary when, after observing a particularly chaotic family row, she turned to the camera and exclaimed, ‘What a palaver!’
- There was no introductory palaver, he went on stage and went straight into the music and song.
- Hence its 80 years of more or less continual crisis, in which the current palaver is a relatively minor squall.
- All that travelling abroad and wedding palaver were just desperate, elaborate stunts to get new stories!
- He said: ‘We thought hayracks were more in keeping than hanging baskets - we can't believe all the fuss and palaver.
- That's what I'm coming up to Edinburgh to talk about this month: about the book and, presumably, its attendant fuss and palaver.
- From the rainforests of Tasmania to the dunes of the Sahara, they swapped the pains and palaver of the 21st century for the pleasures of a purer planet.
- The author of this nauseating palaver is obviously so in love with what he thinks is his own eloquent rhetoric that he fails to notice his laughable double entendre.
- I'm just trying to say that food can be normal and not actually a huge great palaver.
- Tons of people enjoy lurid palaver on an astonishingly wide variety of topics, and your specific frame of reference is not a bit rare.
- The administration may be doing the press a small favor by snubbing it, freeing reporters to abandon their scripted palaver and dig elsewhere for stories.
- I don't know why I should feel the need to go through all this palaver.
- Since I've started the whole palaver, I may as well carry it forward.
- Now the interesting part of this whole palaver comes when you have a couple of people both using the system.
- He'll be stuck in the books and therefore we might be spared the endless palaver about his every move.
- We found a bar and had a couple of drinks and, after some palaver, managed to order some food, and we chatted about all sorts of stuff.
- Some parts of the world remain satisfyingly oblivious to all this palaver, however, as this true tale from a Scottish hostelry so splendidly proves.
- At first it seems like an awful lot of palaver, but actually the crepe maker is rather a good idea because you can't get them thin enough in an ordinary frying pan.
- There's some big issues to consider with all this marriage palaver.
- There was plenty of other sorts of entries before this recent palaver.
Synonyms
fuss, fuss and bother, bother, commotion, trouble, rigmarole, folderol, ado
informal song and dance, performance, to-do, carry-on, carrying-on, kerfuffle, hoo-ha, hullabaloo, ballyhoo, business, pantomime, hoopla
New Zealand informal bobsy-die
1. 1.1count noun (in Africa) a parley or improvised conference between two sides.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Why not some panchayat, a round table under the overseer moon, or a palaver by the banyan tree?
  Palaver is possible within the traditional worldview and life style called Ubuntu [humanness].
  After a long night in our desolate camp, Jon and I have a palaver with Karchung.
  It was quiet all around the pot-bellied stove when Jesse, the elder, finished his palaver.
  Synonyms
  negotiation, talk, talks, meeting, conference, summit, discussion, dialogue, conclave, consultation, deliberation, colloquy

verb pəˈlɑːvə

[no object]informal

Talk unnecessarily and at length.
it's too hot for palavering
Example sentencesExamples
- After exiting the rear of the cave, we sat palavering between precipices of glacial ice and a slope of rock and snow.
- But for this bloated series he endlessly ‘palavers,’ as his characters do, and his anything-goes weirdness lacks real-world relevance or resonance.
- To fill up the days, he palavered with neighbors and sold liquor and medical supplies.
- Not wishing to waste the morning palavering about nothing, I waved.
- The amiable but essentially conservative bipartisanship that had the notables of each incoming administration palavering happily in her dining room hadn't yet numbed the Post's spinal nerve.
Synonyms
chatter, gossip, prattle, prate, babble, blather, blether, blither, maunder, gabble, jabber, tittle-tattle
Scottish &amp Irish slabber
informal chit-chat, jaw, gas, gab, yak, yackety-yak, yabber, yatter
British informal natter, rabbit, witter, chunter, waffle, chinwag
archaic twaddle, clack

Origin

Mid 18th century (in the sense 'a talk between tribespeople and traders'): from Portuguese palavra 'word', from Latin parabola 'comparison' (see parable).

When early Portuguese traders in West Africa had disputes or misunderstandings with the locals they used the Portuguese word palavra, literally ‘word, speech’, to mean ‘a talk between local people and traders’. The Africans picked up the term from them, and in time passed it on to English sailors. In English palaver first meant a prolonged and tedious discussion, then in the late 19th century a fuss, commotion, or rigmarole. The Portuguese palavra developed from Latin parabola ‘parable’.

Rhymes

balaclava, Bratislava, carver, cassava, Costa Brava, guava, Java, kava, larva, lava

Definition of palaver in US English:

palaver

noun

1Prolonged and idle discussion.
an hour of aimless palaver
Example sentencesExamples
- He'll be stuck in the books and therefore we might be spared the endless palaver about his every move.
- Since I've started the whole palaver, I may as well carry it forward.
- Some parts of the world remain satisfyingly oblivious to all this palaver, however, as this true tale from a Scottish hostelry so splendidly proves.
- Hence its 80 years of more or less continual crisis, in which the current palaver is a relatively minor squall.
- All that travelling abroad and wedding palaver were just desperate, elaborate stunts to get new stories!
- I don't know why I should feel the need to go through all this palaver.
- That's what I'm coming up to Edinburgh to talk about this month: about the book and, presumably, its attendant fuss and palaver.
- The author of this nauseating palaver is obviously so in love with what he thinks is his own eloquent rhetoric that he fails to notice his laughable double entendre.
- We found a bar and had a couple of drinks and, after some palaver, managed to order some food, and we chatted about all sorts of stuff.
- The administration may be doing the press a small favor by snubbing it, freeing reporters to abandon their scripted palaver and dig elsewhere for stories.
- Jo also sent me running for the dictionary when, after observing a particularly chaotic family row, she turned to the camera and exclaimed, ‘What a palaver!’
- There was no introductory palaver, he went on stage and went straight into the music and song.
- From the rainforests of Tasmania to the dunes of the Sahara, they swapped the pains and palaver of the 21st century for the pleasures of a purer planet.
- There's some big issues to consider with all this marriage palaver.
- Tons of people enjoy lurid palaver on an astonishingly wide variety of topics, and your specific frame of reference is not a bit rare.
- Now the interesting part of this whole palaver comes when you have a couple of people both using the system.
- There was plenty of other sorts of entries before this recent palaver.
- I'm just trying to say that food can be normal and not actually a huge great palaver.
- He said: ‘We thought hayracks were more in keeping than hanging baskets - we can't believe all the fuss and palaver.
- At first it seems like an awful lot of palaver, but actually the crepe maker is rather a good idea because you can't get them thin enough in an ordinary frying pan.
Synonyms
fuss, fuss and bother, bother, commotion, trouble, rigmarole, folderol, ado
1. 1.1 A parley or improvised conference between two sides.
  Example sentencesExamples
  It was quiet all around the pot-bellied stove when Jesse, the elder, finished his palaver.
  After a long night in our desolate camp, Jon and I have a palaver with Karchung.
  Why not some panchayat, a round table under the overseer moon, or a palaver by the banyan tree?
  Palaver is possible within the traditional worldview and life style called Ubuntu [humanness].
  Synonyms
  negotiation, talk, talks, meeting, conference, summit, discussion, dialogue, conclave, consultation, deliberation, colloquy

verb

[no object]

Talk unnecessarily and at length.
it's too hot for palavering
Example sentencesExamples
- After exiting the rear of the cave, we sat palavering between precipices of glacial ice and a slope of rock and snow.
- Not wishing to waste the morning palavering about nothing, I waved.
- The amiable but essentially conservative bipartisanship that had the notables of each incoming administration palavering happily in her dining room hadn't yet numbed the Post's spinal nerve.
- To fill up the days, he palavered with neighbors and sold liquor and medical supplies.
- But for this bloated series he endlessly ‘palavers,’ as his characters do, and his anything-goes weirdness lacks real-world relevance or resonance.
Synonyms
chatter, gossip, prattle, prate, babble, blather, blether, blither, maunder, gabble, jabber, tittle-tattle

Origin

Mid 18th century (in the sense ‘a talk between tribespeople and traders’): from Portuguese palavra ‘word’, from Latin parabola ‘comparison’ (see parable).

单词	palaver
释义	Definition of palaver in English: palaver noun pəˈlɑːvə mass nouninformal 1Prolonged and tedious fuss or discussion. mucking around with finances and all that palaver Example sentencesExamples Jo also sent me running for the dictionary when, after observing a particularly chaotic family row, she turned to the camera and exclaimed, ‘What a palaver!’ There was no introductory palaver, he went on stage and went straight into the music and song. Hence its 80 years of more or less continual crisis, in which the current palaver is a relatively minor squall. All that travelling abroad and wedding palaver were just desperate, elaborate stunts to get new stories! He said: ‘We thought hayracks were more in keeping than hanging baskets - we can't believe all the fuss and palaver. That's what I'm coming up to Edinburgh to talk about this month: about the book and, presumably, its attendant fuss and palaver. From the rainforests of Tasmania to the dunes of the Sahara, they swapped the pains and palaver of the 21st century for the pleasures of a purer planet. The author of this nauseating palaver is obviously so in love with what he thinks is his own eloquent rhetoric that he fails to notice his laughable double entendre. I'm just trying to say that food can be normal and not actually a huge great palaver. Tons of people enjoy lurid palaver on an astonishingly wide variety of topics, and your specific frame of reference is not a bit rare. The administration may be doing the press a small favor by snubbing it, freeing reporters to abandon their scripted palaver and dig elsewhere for stories. I don't know why I should feel the need to go through all this palaver. Since I've started the whole palaver, I may as well carry it forward. Now the interesting part of this whole palaver comes when you have a couple of people both using the system. He'll be stuck in the books and therefore we might be spared the endless palaver about his every move. We found a bar and had a couple of drinks and, after some palaver, managed to order some food, and we chatted about all sorts of stuff. Some parts of the world remain satisfyingly oblivious to all this palaver, however, as this true tale from a Scottish hostelry so splendidly proves. At first it seems like an awful lot of palaver, but actually the crepe maker is rather a good idea because you can't get them thin enough in an ordinary frying pan. There's some big issues to consider with all this marriage palaver. There was plenty of other sorts of entries before this recent palaver. Synonyms fuss, fuss and bother, bother, commotion, trouble, rigmarole, folderol, ado informal song and dance, performance, to-do, carry-on, carrying-on, kerfuffle, hoo-ha, hullabaloo, ballyhoo, business, pantomime, hoopla New Zealand informal bobsy-die 1.1count noun (in Africa) a parley or improvised conference between two sides. Example sentencesExamples Why not some panchayat, a round table under the overseer moon, or a palaver by the banyan tree? Palaver is possible within the traditional worldview and life style called Ubuntu [humanness]. After a long night in our desolate camp, Jon and I have a palaver with Karchung. It was quiet all around the pot-bellied stove when Jesse, the elder, finished his palaver. Synonyms negotiation, talk, talks, meeting, conference, summit, discussion, dialogue, conclave, consultation, deliberation, colloquy verb pəˈlɑːvə [no object]informal Talk unnecessarily and at length. it's too hot for palavering Example sentencesExamples After exiting the rear of the cave, we sat palavering between precipices of glacial ice and a slope of rock and snow. But for this bloated series he endlessly ‘palavers,’ as his characters do, and his anything-goes weirdness lacks real-world relevance or resonance. To fill up the days, he palavered with neighbors and sold liquor and medical supplies. Not wishing to waste the morning palavering about nothing, I waved. The amiable but essentially conservative bipartisanship that had the notables of each incoming administration palavering happily in her dining room hadn't yet numbed the Post's spinal nerve. Synonyms chatter, gossip, prattle, prate, babble, blather, blether, blither, maunder, gabble, jabber, tittle-tattle Scottish &amp Irish slabber informal chit-chat, jaw, gas, gab, yak, yackety-yak, yabber, yatter British informal natter, rabbit, witter, chunter, waffle, chinwag archaic twaddle, clack Origin Mid 18th century (in the sense 'a talk between tribespeople and traders'): from Portuguese palavra 'word', from Latin parabola 'comparison' (see parable). When early Portuguese traders in West Africa had disputes or misunderstandings with the locals they used the Portuguese word palavra, literally ‘word, speech’, to mean ‘a talk between local people and traders’. The Africans picked up the term from them, and in time passed it on to English sailors. In English palaver first meant a prolonged and tedious discussion, then in the late 19th century a fuss, commotion, or rigmarole. The Portuguese palavra developed from Latin parabola ‘parable’. Rhymes balaclava, Bratislava, carver, cassava, Costa Brava, guava, Java, kava, larva, lava Definition of palaver in US English: palaver noun 1Prolonged and idle discussion. an hour of aimless palaver Example sentencesExamples He'll be stuck in the books and therefore we might be spared the endless palaver about his every move. Since I've started the whole palaver, I may as well carry it forward. Some parts of the world remain satisfyingly oblivious to all this palaver, however, as this true tale from a Scottish hostelry so splendidly proves. Hence its 80 years of more or less continual crisis, in which the current palaver is a relatively minor squall. All that travelling abroad and wedding palaver were just desperate, elaborate stunts to get new stories! I don't know why I should feel the need to go through all this palaver. That's what I'm coming up to Edinburgh to talk about this month: about the book and, presumably, its attendant fuss and palaver. The author of this nauseating palaver is obviously so in love with what he thinks is his own eloquent rhetoric that he fails to notice his laughable double entendre. We found a bar and had a couple of drinks and, after some palaver, managed to order some food, and we chatted about all sorts of stuff. The administration may be doing the press a small favor by snubbing it, freeing reporters to abandon their scripted palaver and dig elsewhere for stories. Jo also sent me running for the dictionary when, after observing a particularly chaotic family row, she turned to the camera and exclaimed, ‘What a palaver!’ There was no introductory palaver, he went on stage and went straight into the music and song. From the rainforests of Tasmania to the dunes of the Sahara, they swapped the pains and palaver of the 21st century for the pleasures of a purer planet. There's some big issues to consider with all this marriage palaver. Tons of people enjoy lurid palaver on an astonishingly wide variety of topics, and your specific frame of reference is not a bit rare. Now the interesting part of this whole palaver comes when you have a couple of people both using the system. There was plenty of other sorts of entries before this recent palaver. I'm just trying to say that food can be normal and not actually a huge great palaver. He said: ‘We thought hayracks were more in keeping than hanging baskets - we can't believe all the fuss and palaver. At first it seems like an awful lot of palaver, but actually the crepe maker is rather a good idea because you can't get them thin enough in an ordinary frying pan. Synonyms fuss, fuss and bother, bother, commotion, trouble, rigmarole, folderol, ado 1.1 A parley or improvised conference between two sides. Example sentencesExamples It was quiet all around the pot-bellied stove when Jesse, the elder, finished his palaver. After a long night in our desolate camp, Jon and I have a palaver with Karchung. Why not some panchayat, a round table under the overseer moon, or a palaver by the banyan tree? Palaver is possible within the traditional worldview and life style called Ubuntu [humanness]. Synonyms negotiation, talk, talks, meeting, conference, summit, discussion, dialogue, conclave, consultation, deliberation, colloquy verb [no object] Talk unnecessarily and at length. it's too hot for palavering Example sentencesExamples After exiting the rear of the cave, we sat palavering between precipices of glacial ice and a slope of rock and snow. Not wishing to waste the morning palavering about nothing, I waved. The amiable but essentially conservative bipartisanship that had the notables of each incoming administration palavering happily in her dining room hadn't yet numbed the Post's spinal nerve. To fill up the days, he palavered with neighbors and sold liquor and medical supplies. But for this bloated series he endlessly ‘palavers,’ as his characters do, and his anything-goes weirdness lacks real-world relevance or resonance. Synonyms chatter, gossip, prattle, prate, babble, blather, blether, blither, maunder, gabble, jabber, tittle-tattle Origin Mid 18th century (in the sense ‘a talk between tribespeople and traders’): from Portuguese palavra ‘word’, from Latin parabola ‘comparison’ (see parable).
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