1. (Yiddish) a warm heart-to-heart talk
   "They had a nice shmooze over coffee"

1. Engage in casual, friendly conversation
   "They shmoozed at the cocktail party";
   - shmoose [informal, rare], schmooze [informal], schmoose [informal]

Derived forms: shmoozed, shmoozes, shmoozing

Type of: chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat [informal], chew the rag [informal], chinwag [Brit, informal], chitchat [informal], chit-chat [informal], claver [UK, dialect], confab [informal], confabulate, gab [informal], gas [informal], gossip, jaw [informal], natter [informal], shoot the breeze [N. Amer, informal], talk, talking, visit [N. Amer, informal]