SCHMOOZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does schmooze mean? 

• SCHMOOZE (noun)
  The noun SCHMOOZE has 1 sense:

1. an informal conversation

  Familiarity information: SCHMOOZE used as a noun is very rare.

• SCHMOOZE (verb)
  The verb SCHMOOZE has 1 sense:

1. talk idly or casually and in a friendly way

  Familiarity information: SCHMOOZE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCHMOOZE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An informal conversation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

chat; confab; confabulation; schmoose; schmooze

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)

• SCHMOOZE (verb)

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

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

jawbone; schmoose; schmooze; shmoose; shmooze

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)