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How to pronounce schmooze in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms jawbone, schmoose, shmoose, shmooze
Type of visit, chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze
Derivation schmoozer
Type Words
Synonyms chat, confab, confabulation, schmoose
Type of conversation
Has types chin-wagging, chin wag, chin wagging, chit-chat, chit chat, chitchat, gab, gabfest, gossip, small talk, tittle-tattle, chin-wag, causerie

Examples of schmooze

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Watch him in action and you can chart the rules of surviving any schmooze-athon.
From the variety.com
This is a great day to schmooze with others, even members of the general public.
From the suntimes.com
Most of the guests who fly in for corporate schmooze-fests have money to spend.
From the usatoday.com
For $15, starving geniuses can feast, schmooze and still afford to be creative.
From the time.com
But this isn't the first time Obama has tried to schmooze his way to solutions.
From the swampland.time.com
First, it's pretty uncool to hop on the corporate jet just to schmooze on a piste.
From the washingtonpost.com
Flex your social muscles at a party by learning how to schmooze, and schmooze well.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Rozelle, a tanned Southern Californian and former PR man, had the gift of schmooze.
From the businessweek.com
President Obama went out of his way to schmooze Facebook employees this week.
From the techcrunch.com
More examples
  • Chat: an informal conversation
  • Shmooze: talk idly or casually and in a friendly way
  • This is a list of English words of Yiddish origin, many of which have entered the English language by way of American English. Spelling of some of these Yiddish language words may be variable (for example, schlep is also seen as shlep, schnoz as shnozz, and so on). ...
  • A casual conversation, especially one held in order to gain an advantage or make a social connection; To talk casually, especially in order to gain an advantage or make a social connection
  • To socialize; to go to a party and talk, especially when related to business.
  • (Yid.) intimate chat [n]; persuade [v]
  • To gossip, chat up, blarney.