shmooze

Other forms: shmoozing

Definitions of shmooze
  1. verb
    talk idly or casually and in a friendly way
    synonyms: jawbone, schmoose, schmooze, shmoose
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    type of:
    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
  2. noun
    (Yiddish) a warm heart-to-heart talk
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    type of:
    talk, talking
    an exchange of ideas via conversation
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