Definitions | wheedle |
| verb (wheedles, wheedling, wheedled) (transitive) and (intransitive)
- To cajole or attempt to persuade by flattery.
- To obtain something by guile or trickery.
- I'd like one of those, too, if you can him into telling you where he got it.
Etymology: Origin uncertain. Possibly from Old English "waedlian" ("to beg").
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