Whee"dle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wheedled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Wheedling (?).] [Cf. G. wedeln to wag with the tail, as a dog, wedel a fan, tail, brush, OHG. wadal; akin to G. wehen to blow, and E. wind, n.]
1.
To entice by soft words; to cajole; to flatter; to coax.
The unlucky art of wheedling fools.
Dryden.
And wheedle a world that loves him not.
Tennyson.
2.
To grain, or get away, by flattery.
A deed of settlement of the best part of her estate, which I wheedled out of her.
Congreve.
© Webster 1913.
Whee"dle, v. i.
To flatter; to coax; to cajole.
© Webster 1913.