English noun: shmooze | |||
| 1. | shmooze (communication) (Yiddish) a warm heart-to-heart talk | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | talk, talking | ||
| Domain category | Yiddish | ||
English verb: shmooze | |||
| 1. | shmooze (communication) talk idly or casually and in a friendly way | ||
| Examples | Sam and Sue shmooze, Sam wants to shmooze with Sue | ||
| Synonyms | jawbone, schmoose, schmooze, shmoose | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit | ||