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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
schmooze
verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Leno spent time schmoozing with local TV executives.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But putts and drives will play second fiddle to schmoozing when top sports celebrities take center stage at the golf club.
▪ Lobbyists indulged in a little quiet schmoozing.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
schmooze

also shmooze, "to chat intimately," 1897, from Yiddish shmuesn "to chat," from shmues "idle talk, chat," from Hebrew shemu'oth "news, rumors." As a noun from 1939. Related: Schmoozed; schmoozing. Schmoozer is from 1909.

Wiktionary
schmooze

n. A casual conversation, especially one held in order to gain an advantage or make a social connection. vb. To talk casually, especially in order to gain an advantage or make a social connection

WordNet
schmooze

n. an informal conversation [syn: chat, confab, confabulation, schmoose]

schmooze

v. talk idly or casually and in a friendly way [syn: shmooze, shmoose, schmoose, jawbone]

Usage examples of "schmooze".

With Falsh currently out schmoozing his VIP, perhaps the Doctor could fake an email from the boss to the supplies manager, demanding ten millilitres of mercury be brought at once to Docking Bay Two.

Muse and Schmooze critique group members: Shawn Downs, Laurie Edwards, Julie Good, Lisa Hess, Anne Kline, Steve Klotz, Maggie Martz, Lori Myers, Kim Stanford, Jackie Werth, Michael Wertz, Judy Wolfman and Nancy Yeager.

The round-trip drive would take approximately thirty minutes, with another thirty minutes thrown in for schmoozing, which is how men do business.

He could see her now, schmoozing with Johnny Sticks, laughing at how easy it was to get the code.

Then there were the rubber-chicken fund-raising dinners, and the meals at four-star restaurants, spent schmoozing and pressing flesh.

Normally he viewed all airplane flights as golden opportunities for applied schmoozing.

I’ll go and I’ll conduct and I’ll even hang around and schmooze and be schmoozed at afterwards, but if that little turd Tersono or anybody else tries to introduce that selfish litter-fucker Quilan to me, I swear I’ll bite the shit-head’s throat out.

He dropped in at The Cloisters infrequently, drank Singapore slings, schmoozed with Andy, not too friendly with anyone else.

There's a stark contrast between the smooth, polished Issola, who schmoozes with Gods, and Vlad, who is constantly getting upbraided and punished for his sass.