noun
- smooth, flattering, or coaxing talk
Usage: informal
verb
- to influence or persuade with smooth, flattering talk
Usage: informal
Examples
- Don’t believe his blarney about being too busy to help.
- She’s full of blarney when she wants something.
- His Irish blarney charmed everyone at the party.
- The salesman tried to blarney me into buying the expensive model.
- Stop trying to blarney your way out of trouble.
- Her blarney won’t work on me this time.
- He blarneyed his boss into giving him a raise.