Definition of shmoozing Shmoozing

/ʃmuˈzɪŋ/ - [shmuzing] -

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What does shmoozing mean?

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  • shmoozing (Verb)
    Present participle of shmooze.

Part of speech

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  • shmoozing, verb, gerund of shmooze (infinitive).

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: shmoozes

shmooze - (Yiddish) a warm heart-to-heart talk
  talking, talk the act of giving a talk to an audience; "I attended an interesting talk on local history"

Verb

shmoozes, shmoozing, shmoozed  

shmooze - talk idly or casually and in a friendly way
  shmoose, schmooze, schmoose, jawbone
  chat, shoot the breeze, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, natter, chaffer, gossip, confab, confabulate, jaw, chatter, visit talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
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OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • shmooze
    To chat casually with someone with the hope of obtaining some advantage from it.

Part of speech

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  • shmooze, verb, present, 1st person singular of shmooze (infinitive).
  • shmooze, verb (infinitive).

Pronunciation

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