Definitions
talk idly or casually and in a friendly way
Word origin
Borrowed from Yiddish שמועס (shmues), from Hebrew שְׁמוּעוֹת (sh'mu'ót), plural of שְׁמוּעָה (sh'mu'á, “report, piece of news, rumor”). Cognate with German schmusen (“to cuddle”, older “to flirt, flatter, schmooze”).
Used in a sentence
“I wish he could do his job as well as he schmoozes with the boss.”
“Until about 4 A.M. there were almost no patients to be seen, and I enjoyed the chance to schmooze with my brother.”
“But the issue goes beyond that, to a willful ignorance of history. No one schmoozed more or better with legislators in both parties than Clinton.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Chat socially”8 letters
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