blarney (noun)

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• blarney — ► NOUN ▪ talk intended to be charming or flattering. ORIGIN named after Blarney Castle in Ireland, where there is a stone said to give persuasive speech to anyone who kisses it …   English terms dictionary

• blarney — noun Etymology: Blarney stone, a stone in Blarney Castle, near Cork, Ireland, held to bestow skill in flattery on those who kiss it Date: 1784 1. skillful flattery ; blandishment 2. nonsense, humbug • blarney verb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Blarney Stone — noun a stone in a castle in Ireland that is said to impart skill in flattery to anyone who kisses it • Instance Hypernyms: ↑stone * * * a stone in Blarney Castle near Cork, Ireland, said to impart skill in flattery to anyone who kisses it. * * *… …   Useful english dictionary

• blarney — noun talk intended to be charming or persuasive (often considered typical of Irish people). Origin C18: named after Blarney Castle in Ireland, where there is a stone said to give the gift of persuasive speech to anyone who kisses it …   English new terms dictionary

• blarney — noun (U) informal especially BrE pleasant but untrue things that you say to someone in order to trick or persuade them …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• blarney — UK [ˈblɑː(r)nɪ] / US [ˈblɑrnɪ] noun [uncountable] Irish a friendly way of talking to people and saying nice things about them that makes it easy to persuade people to do what you want • Etymology: From the Blarney Stone , a large stone in Blarney …   English dictionary

• blarney — /ˈblani / (say blahnee) noun 1. flattering or wheedling talk; cajolery. –verb (t) (blarneyed, blarneying) 2. to ply or beguile with blarney; use blarney; wheedle. {from the Blarney Stone} …  

• blarney — 1. noun a) Ability to talk constantly. He is full of blarney. b) Mindless chatter. 2. verb To beguile with …   Wiktionary

• blarney-land — blarˈney land noun Ireland • • • Main Entry: ↑blarney …   Useful english dictionary

• blarney — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. cajolery, blandishment, malarkey*; see flattery , nonsense 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. 1. flattery apple polishing, wheedling, fawning, cajolery, *sweet talk, *snow job. 2. *bunk *balderdash. see nonsense III …   English dictionary for students

• blarney — blar|ney [ blarni ] noun uncount MAINLY BRITISH a friendly way of talking to people and saying nice things about them that makes it easy to persuade people to do what you want …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English