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Blar·ney

(blär′nē)

A village of southern Ireland near Cork. Blarney Castle (dating from the 15th century) is the site of the Blarney Stone, said to impart powers of eloquence and persuasion.

blar·ney

(blär′nē)

1. Smooth, flattering talk.

2. Deceptive nonsense.

[After the Blarney Stone in Blarney Castle, Blarney, Ireland.]

blar′ney v.

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blarney

(ˈblɑːnɪ)

flattering talk

to cajole with flattery; wheedle

[C19: after the Blarney Stone]

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blar•ney

(ˈblɑr ni)

n.

1. flattery; cajolery.

2. misleading nonsense.

v.t., v.i.

3. to flatter or deceive with blarney.

[1790–1800; alluding to the Blarney stone, in a castle near Cork, Ireland; it is said to impart skill in flattery to whoever kisses it]

Blarney

bartenders collectively—Lipton, 1970

blarney

Past participle: blarneyed
Gerund: blarneying

Imperative
blarney
blarney

Present
I blarney
you blarney
he/she/it blarneys
we blarney
you blarney
they blarney

Preterite
I blarneyed
you blarneyed
he/she/it blarneyed
we blarneyed
you blarneyed
they blarneyed

Present Continuous
I am blarneying
you are blarneying
he/she/it is blarneying
we are blarneying
you are blarneying
they are blarneying

Present Perfect
I have blarneyed
you have blarneyed
he/she/it has blarneyed
we have blarneyed
you have blarneyed
they have blarneyed

Past Continuous
I was blarneying
you were blarneying
he/she/it was blarneying
we were blarneying
you were blarneying
they were blarneying

Past Perfect
I had blarneyed
you had blarneyed
he/she/it had blarneyed
we had blarneyed
you had blarneyed
they had blarneyed

Future
I will blarney
you will blarney
he/she/it will blarney
we will blarney
you will blarney
they will blarney

Future Perfect
I will have blarneyed
you will have blarneyed
he/she/it will have blarneyed
we will have blarneyed
you will have blarneyed
they will have blarneyed

Future Continuous
I will be blarneying
you will be blarneying
he/she/it will be blarneying
we will be blarneying
you will be blarneying
they will be blarneying

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been blarneying
you have been blarneying
he/she/it has been blarneying
we have been blarneying
you have been blarneying
they have been blarneying

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been blarneying
you will have been blarneying
he/she/it will have been blarneying
we will have been blarneying
you will have been blarneying
they will have been blarneying

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been blarneying
you had been blarneying
he/she/it had been blarneying
we had been blarneying
you had been blarneying
they had been blarneying

Conditional
I would blarney
you would blarney
he/she/it would blarney
we would blarney
you would blarney
they would blarney

Past Conditional
I would have blarneyed
you would have blarneyed
he/she/it would have blarneyed
we would have blarneyed
you would have blarneyed
they would have blarneyed

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Noun	1.	blarney - flattery designed to gain favor coaxing, soft soap, sweet talk flattery - excessive or insincere praise
Verb	1.	blarney - influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along" cajole, coax, inveigle, sweet-talk, wheedle, palaver persuade - cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm; "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!" soft-soap - persuade someone through flattery browbeat, bully, swagger - discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate

blarney

noun flattery, coaxing, exaggeration, fawning, adulation, wheedling, spiel, sweet talk (informal), flannel (Brit. informal), soft soap (informal), sycophancy, servility, obsequiousness, cajolery, blandishment, fulsomeness, toadyism, overpraise, false praise, honeyed words You're as full of blarney as my father.

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blarney

noun

Excessive, ingratiating praise:

adulation, blandishment, flattery, incense, oil, slaver.

Informal: soft soap.

Idiom: honeyed words.

Translations

blarney

[ˈblɑːnɪ]

A. N → labia f

B. VT → dar coba a, engatusar

C. CPD Blarney Stone N piedra del castillo de Blarney, al sudoeste de Irlanda, que se dice que transmite el don de la galantería al que la besa
to kiss the Blarney Stone → aprender a tener labia

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

blarney

[ˈblɑː^rni] n → boniment m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

blarney

n → Schmeichelei f, → Schmus m (inf); he has kissed the Blarney Stone (fig) → der kann einen beschwatzen (inf)

vt sb → schmeicheln (+dat); he could blarney his way out of trouble → er könnte sich aus allem herausreden

vi → schmeicheln

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blarney

[ˈblɑːnɪ] n (fam) → moine fpl, lusinghe fpl

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