/ˈwi:dl ||; ˈwidḷ/verb [T] to persuade sb to give you sth or do sth by saying nice things that you do not mean ﹙用言语﹚哄: The kids can always wheedle money out of their father. 孩子们总是能从父亲那里哄出钱来。 She wheedled me into lending her my new coat. 她用花言巧语哄我把新大衣借给了她。