- Noun
- Flattery intended to persuade
- Loud and confused and empty talk
- Verb
- Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
- Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
- Have a lengthy discussion, usually between people of different backgrounds
- Blab
- Blabber
- Blandishment
- Blarney
- Cajole
- Cajolery
- Chatter
- Clack
- Coax
- Empty words
- Empty talk
- Gabble
- Gibber
- Hot air
- Inveigle
- Maunder
- Piffle
- Prate
- Prattle
- Rhetoric
- Sweet-talk
- Tattle
- Tittle-tattle
- Twaddle
- Wheedle
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