"schmooze" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ʃmuːz/ Audio: en-us-schmooze.ogg [US], en-au-schmooze.ogg [Australia] Forms: schmoozes [plural]
enPR: shmo͞oz Rhymes: -uːz Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish שמועס (shmues), from Hebrew שְׁמוּעוֹת (sh'mu'ót), plural of שְׁמוּעָה (sh'mu'á, “report, piece of news, rumor”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|yi|שמועס}} Yiddish שמועס (shmues), {{der|en|he|שְׁמוּעוֹת|tr=sh'mu'ót}} Hebrew שְׁמוּעוֹת (sh'mu'ót), {{m|he|שְׁמוּעָה|t=report, piece of news, rumor|tr=sh'mu'á}} שְׁמוּעָה (sh'mu'á, “report, piece of news, rumor”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} schmooze (plural schmoozes)
  1. A casual conversation, especially one held in order to gain an advantage or make a social connection. Categories (topical): Talking
    Sense id: en-schmooze-en-noun-kkAMkBv0 Disambiguation of Talking: 62 38 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: schmoose, schmooz, shmooze

Verb [English]

IPA: /ʃmuːz/ Audio: en-us-schmooze.ogg [US], en-au-schmooze.ogg [Australia] Forms: schmoozes [present, singular, third-person], schmoozing [participle, present], schmoozed [participle, past], schmoozed [past]
enPR: shmo͞oz Rhymes: -uːz Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish שמועס (shmues), from Hebrew שְׁמוּעוֹת (sh'mu'ót), plural of שְׁמוּעָה (sh'mu'á, “report, piece of news, rumor”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|yi|שמועס}} Yiddish שמועס (shmues), {{der|en|he|שְׁמוּעוֹת|tr=sh'mu'ót}} Hebrew שְׁמוּעוֹת (sh'mu'ót), {{m|he|שְׁמוּעָה|t=report, piece of news, rumor|tr=sh'mu'á}} שְׁמוּעָה (sh'mu'á, “report, piece of news, rumor”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} schmooze (third-person singular simple present schmoozes, present participle schmoozing, simple past and past participle schmoozed)
  1. To talk casually, especially in order to gain an advantage or make a social connection. Derived forms: schmooseoisie, schmooze-athon, schmoozefest, schmoozer, schmoozy
    Sense id: en-schmooze-en-verb-SsYO-uok Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: schmoose, schmooz, shmooze

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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