Noun: confab kón-fab
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- An informal conversation
"They had a quick confab in the hallway before the meeting";
- chat, confabulation, schmooze [informal], schmoose [informal], natter [informal]
Usage: informal
- 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]
- 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