schmooze

Slang.

v., schmoozed, or schmoosed, also shmoozed, schmooz·ing, or schmoos·ing, shmooz·ing, schmooz·es, or schmoos·es, shmooz·es.

v.intr.
To converse casually, especially in order to gain an advantage or make a social connection.

v.tr.
To engage in schmoozing with: "how to be a professional artist-how to be a businessperson, how to schmooze the collectors" (Paige Powell).

n.
The act or an instance of schmoozing.

[Yiddish shmuesn, possibly from shmues, a chat, pl. of shmue, rumor, akin to Hebrew šəmû'â, rumor.]

schmoozer schmooz'er n.
schmoozy schmooz'y adj.

or schmoose or schmoos

(shmooz)

verb intr.
To chat, especially in order to gain an advantage or to make a social or business connection with an influential person.

noun
A gossipy or ingratiating chat.

Etymology
From Yiddish shmues (chat, gossip), from Hebrew shemuah (reports, rumor)

Usage
"Of course, there are exclusives in all newspapers that are genuinely a result of hard work by reporters, either through digging or just schmoozing with politicians." — Anne Davies; Truth Loses When Only Half the Story Will Do; The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia); Jul 3, 2006.

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n. someone who chats or converses well.  Two old schmoozers sat muttering to one another all afternoon by the duck pond.

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Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: an informal conversation
  Synonyms: chat, confab, confabulation, schmooze

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The verb schmoose has one meaning:

Meaning #1: talk idly or casually, in a friendly way
  Synonyms: shmooze, shmoose, schmooze, jawbone

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - snakke, sludre
n. - snak, sludder

Nederlands (Dutch)
smoezen

Français (French)
v. intr. - (US) jaser, faire de la lèche (fam)
n. - bavardages

Deutsch (German)
v. - plaudern
n. - Unterhaltung

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (ΗΠΑ, καθομ.) κουβεντιάζω
n. - (ΗΠΑ, καθομ.) κουβεντολόι

Italiano (Italian)
pettegolare, chiacchierare, raccontarsela

Português (Portuguese)
v. - conversar, fofocar
n. - bate-papo

Русский (Russian)
треп, переливание из пустого в порожнее, сплетничать

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - charlar, contar chismes
n. - conversación ociosa

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - snacka, pladdra
n. - pladder, pratstund, snack

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
闲谈

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 閒談
n. - 閒談

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 수다 떨다, 잡담하다
n. - 수다 , 잡담 , 시시한 이야기

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 無駄話

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يثرثر (الاسم) رثرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮פיטפט, ריכל, שוחח ארוכות‬
n. - ‮פטפוטים‬

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