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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an informal conversation [syn: chat, confab, confabulation, schmooze, schmoose] v
1: talk idly or casually and in a friendly way [syn: shmooze, shmoose, schmooze, schmoose, jawbone]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb or shmooze (schmoozed or shmoozed; schmoozing or shmoozing) Etymology: Yiddish shmuesn, from schmues talk, from Hebrew sh?mu'?th news, rumor Date: 1884 intransitive verb to converse informally ; chat; also to chat in a friendly and persuasive manner especially so as to gain favor, business, or connections transitive verb to engage in schmoozing with <she schmoozed her professors> • schmoozer noun II. noun Date: 1949 1. a gathering or time devoted to schmoozing 2. casual talk that is often gossipy or ingratiating

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(schmoozes, schmoozing, schmoozed) If you schmooze, you talk casually and socially with someone. (mainly AM INFORMAL) ...those coffee houses where you can schmooze for hours. = chat VERB: V