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Noun: shmooze
Usage: informal
  1. (Yiddish) a warm heart-to-heart talk
Verb: shmooze
Usage: informal
  1. Talk idly or casually and in a friendly way
    - shmoose [informal, rare], schmooze [informal], schmoose [informal]

Derived forms: shmoozing, shmoozes, shmoozed

Type of: chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat [informal], chew the rag [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]