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confab

[n. kon-fab; v. kuhn-fab, kon-fab] Origin

con·fab

[n. kon-fab; v. kuhn-fab, kon-fab] noun, verb, con·fabbed, con·fab·bing. Informal.
noun
1.
a confabulation.
verb (used without object)
2.
to confabulate: They spent the morning confabbing over coffee in my office.

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to spend time idly; loaf.
to bark; yelp.

Origin:
1695–1705; by shortening
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confab (ˈkɒnfæb)
 
n
1.  a conversation or chat
 
vb , -fabs, -fabbing, -fabbed
2.  (intr) to converse

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confab
1701, colloquial shortening of confabulation.
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confab
confabulation
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