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transitive verb1) (coax)wheedle somebody into doing something — jemandem so lange gut zureden, bis er etwas tut
2) (get by cajoling) sich (Dat.) verschaffen* * *whee·dle[ˈ(h)wi:dl̩]( pej)I. vt1. (cajole)II. vi schmeicheln* * *['wiːdl]vtto wheedle sb into doing sth — jdn überreden or herumkriegen (inf), etw zu tun
* * *wheedle [ˈwiːdl; ˈhwiːdl]A v/t1. jemanden umschmeichelninto doing etwas zu tun)B v/i schmeicheln* * *transitive verb1) (coax)wheedle somebody into doing something — jemandem so lange gut zureden, bis er etwas tut
2) (get by cajoling) sich (Dat.) verschaffen* * *v.abbetteln v.beschwatzen v. -
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См. также в других словарях:
wheedle — whee|dle [ˈwi:dl] v [T] [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Perhaps from German wedeln to wag the tail, be willing to do what others want ] to persuade someone to do or give you something, for example by saying nice things to them that you do not mean used … Dictionary of contemporary English
wheedle — verb (I, T) to try to persuade someone by saying pleasant things which you do not mean: a wheedling voice | wheedle sb into doing sth: He wheedled me into paying. | wheedle sth from/out of sb: She managed to wheedle an extra day s pay out of him … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
