schmooze
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verb (used without object)
1.
to chat idly; gossip.
noun
2.
idle conversation; chatter.
Also, schmoose, schmoos.
Origin:
1895–1900, Americanism; < Yiddish, v. use of schmues < Hebrew shəmūʿōth reports, gossip
1895–1900, Americanism; < Yiddish, v. use of schmues < Hebrew shəmūʿōth reports, gossip
Related forms
schmooz·er, noun
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| —vb | |
| 1. | (intr) to chat or gossip |
| 2. | (tr) to chat to (someone) for the purposes of self-promotion or to gain some advantage |
| —n | |
| 3. | a trivial conversation; chat |
| [Yiddish, from schmues a chat, from Hebrew shemuoth reports] | |
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Schmooze
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Word Origin & History
schmooze
"to chat intimately," 1897, from Yiddish shmuesn "to chat," from shmues "idle talk, chat," from Heb. shemu'oth "news, rumors." Schmooozer is from 1909.
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Slang Dictionary
schmooze definitionand shmooze; schmoose |
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
Still, the jurors couldn't help but schmooze around the edges during breaks.
The peanut gallery cheered and booed, and it was clear that this crowd came to watch, not to schmooze.
On manicured greens and fairways, business lobbyists schmooze with golfing politicians.
It wasn't some foreigner walking in there and trying to schmooze them over a little bit.
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