SHMOOZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shmooze mean? 

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

1. (Yiddish) a warm heart-to-heart talk

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

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

1. talk idly or casually and in a friendly way

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHMOOZE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Yiddish) a warm heart-to-heart talk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("shmooze" is a kind of...):

talk; talking (an exchange of ideas via conversation)

Domain category:

Yiddish (a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script)

• SHMOOZE (verb)

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 "shmooze" 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

Sentence examples:

Sam and Sue shmooze
Sam wants to shmooze with Sue