blarney Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun flattery designed to gain favor
    coaxing; soft soap; sweet talk.
  2. verb influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
    wheedle; coax; inveigle; cajole; sweet-talk; palaver.
    • He palavered her into going along

WordNet

Blar"ney noun
Etymology
Blarney, a village and castle near Cork.
Definitions
  1. Smooth, wheedling talk; flattery. Colloq.
Blar"ney transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Blarneyed present participle & verbal noun Blarneying
Definitions
  1. To influence by blarney; to wheedle with smooth talk; to make or accomplish by blarney. "Blarneyed the landlord." Irving.
    Had blarneyed his way from Long Island. S. G. Goodrich.

Webster 1913