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    SCHMOOZE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    An informal conversationplay

    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  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it schmoozes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: schmoozed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: schmoozed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: schmoozing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Talk idly or casually and in a friendly wayplay

    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)

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