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SCHMOOZE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An informal conversation
Synonyms:
chat; confab; confabulation; schmoose; schmooze
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("schmooze" is a kind of...):
conversation (the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "schmooze"):
causerie; chin-wag; chin-wagging; chin wag; chin wagging; chit-chat; chit chat; chitchat; gab; gabfest; gossip; small talk; tittle-tattle (light informal conversation for social occasions)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they schmooze ... he / she / it schmoozes
Past simple: schmoozed
Past participle: schmoozed
-ing form: schmoozing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Talk idly or casually and in a friendly way
Synonyms:
jawbone; schmoose; schmooze; shmoose; shmooze
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "schmooze" is one way to...):
chaffer; chat; chatter; chew the fat; chit-chat; chitchat; claver; confab; confabulate; gossip; jaw; natter; shoot the breeze; visit (talk socially without exchanging too much information)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
schmoozer (someone skilled at conversation)
