Whee·dle v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wheedled p. pr. & vb. n. Wheedling ]
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.
wheedling
n : the act of urging by means of teasing or flattery [syn: blandishment]