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O que (quem) é WHEEDLE - definição
ARTICLE ABOUT A CHARACTER AND SEVERAL THINGS NAMED AFTER IT
Wheedle on the Needle; The Wheedle on the Needle
wheedle
¦ verb employ endearments or flattery to persuade someone to do something.
Derivatives
wheedler noun
wheedling adjective
wheedlingly adverb
Origin
C17: perh. from Ger. wedeln 'cringe, fawn'.
wheedle
(wheedles, wheedling, wheedled)
If you say that someone wheedles, you mean that they try to persuade someone to do or give them what they want, for example by saying nice things that they do not mean.
Cross decided to beg and wheedle a bit...
He managed to wheedle his way into the offices.
...an opportunity to wheedle more money out of Wilson...
VERB: V, V way prep, V n out of/from n [disapproval]
wheedle
v. a.
1.
Flatter, cajole.
2.
Inveigle, humor, court, fawn upon, coax, pay court to.
Wikipédia
Wheedle
The Wheedle is the title character of a popular children's book by author Stephen Cosgrove. The character eventually evolved into a popular mascot generally associated with the city of Seattle.
Exemplos do corpo de texto para WHEEDLE
1. Anyone who approached Aspinall more than likely did so to wheedle special access to John, Paul, George or Ringo.
2. Mukasey yesterday to "exercise vigilance" and ensure that political appointees do not improperly wheedle their way into permanent slots at the beleaguered Justice Department.
3. I had to beg, plead, wheedle and cajole to get our Hollywood correspondent to do a proper story on "Idol" –– and I was her boss.
4. Soon afterwards they moved to London, where with rationing still in force she speedily learned to wheedle an extra egg out of the grocer with a kiss.
5. After all, wouldn‘t it make life so much more pleasant if they didn‘t have the inconvenience of having to wheedle cash out of wealthy supporters.