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Noun: confab  kón-fab
Usage: informal
  1. An informal conversation
    "They had a quick confab in the hallway before the meeting";
    - chat, confabulation, schmooze [informal], schmoose [informal], natter [informal]
Verb: confab (confabbed,confabbing)  kón-fab
Usage: informal
  1. Talk socially without exchanging too much information
    "the men were sitting in the cafe and confabbing";
    - chew the fat [informal], shoot the breeze [N. Amer, informal], chat, confabulate, chitchat [informal], chit-chat [informal], chatter, chaffer, natter [informal], gossip, jaw [informal], claver [UK, dialect], visit [N. Amer, informal], gas [informal], chew the rag [informal], gab [informal], chinwag [Brit, informal]
     
  2. Have a discussion
    "We confabbed about a plan of action";
    - confer, confabulate, consult

Derived forms: confabbed, confabbing, confabs

Type of: conversation, converse, convo [Austral, informal], discourse, discuss, hash out, talk over

Encyclopedia: Confab