noun (informal)
1 [U,sing.] (BrE) a lot of unnecessary activity, excitement or trouble, especially caused by sth that is unimportant:
What's all the palaver about? * What a palaver it is, trying to get a new visa!
2 [U] (AmE) talk that does not have any meaning; nonsense:
He's talking palaver.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for palaver is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does palaver appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — palaver appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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