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    wheedle
    /ˈwiːdl/

    verb

    • 1. use flattery or coaxing in order to persuade someone to do something or give one something: "she wheedled her way on to the guest list"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishWHEEDLE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    WHEEDLE definition: 1. to try to persuade someone to do something or give you something by praising them or being…. Learn more.

  3. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › wheedleWheedle - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    To wheedle is to sweet talk, or flatter someone in the hopes of getting something in return. You might try to wheedle a meter maid into not giving you a parking ticket. Good luck with that.

  4. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › wheedleWheedle Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of WHEEDLE is to influence or entice by soft words or flattery. How to use wheedle in a sentence. Wheedle Comes Up Often in Literature Synonym Discussion of Wheedle.

  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › wheedleWHEEDLE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Wheedle definition: to endeavor to influence (a person) by smooth, flattering, or beguiling words or acts. See examples of WHEEDLE used in a sentence.

  6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishWHEEDLE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    If you say that someone wheedles, you mean that they try to persuade someone to do or give them what they want, for example by saying nice things that they do not mean. [disapproval] Cross decided to beg and wheedle a bit. [VERB] He managed to wheedle his way into the offices.

  7. www.thefreedictionary.com › wheedleWheedle - definition of wheedle by The Free Dictionary

    v.tr. 1. To obtain through the use of flattery or guile: a swindler who wheedled my life savings out of me. 2. To persuade or attempt to persuade by flattery or guile; cajole: "They could marry on the fortune Miss Starling had wheedled her employer into leaving her" (W. Somerset Maugham). v.intr.

  8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishwheedle verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    to persuade somebody to give you something or do something by saying nice things that you do not mean synonym coax. wheedle something (out of somebody) The kids can always wheedle money out of their father. wheedle somebody into doing something She wheedled me into lending her my new coat. + speech ‘Come on, Em,’ he wheedled.

  9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › american_englishwheedle verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    Definition of wheedle verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  10. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › wheedlewheedle | meaning of wheedle in Longman Dictionary of...

    wheedle meaning, definition, what is wheedle: to persuade someone to do or give you so...: Learn more.

  11. www.britannica.com › dictionary › wheedleWheedle Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

    WHEEDLE meaning: to persuade someone to do something or to give you something by saying nice things often + into.