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• n  an informal conversation
• v  talk idly or casually and in a friendly way

• Clinton likes to schmooze with the crowds, which produces his famed tardiness and brings a benign impatience to the always punctual Bushes.
• In this Lourdes of independent movies, hermitty young auteurs will schmooze with Hollywood's BlackBerry set.
• For two men who spend their lives in the klieg lights, this was a rare opportunity for what could almost pass for a schmooze.

• chat
• confab
• confabulation
• schmoose
• shmooze
• shmoose
• jawbone

News & Articles

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• How To Social Climb (Without Being Social)
  Credit: Noel Hendrickson/Getty Images Every guy wants to work his way up in society, whether it's to become more powerful or just hang out with beautiful models and professional athletes. But who the hell actually wants to go to the effort of making a fortune in order to schmooze with the hoity-toity? Still, a guy [...]
  June 12, 2013 - MTV

Quotes

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• Tristan Taormino in PR Newswire (press release)
  No person ever bit your leg and wouldn't let go more than Howie Dickenman. There is nobody who can schmooze a mother like Dave Leitao. Tom combines a lot of those things. Tom is the smiling dog biter. He is. He'sa growler. A lot tougher than the... Jim Calhoun http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Calhoun&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHms6ThrBD_-Mb9exslzFWTkB48nQ New Haven Register (subscription) http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.nhregister.com/site/news.cfm%3Fnewsid%3D18146667%26BRD%3D1281%26PAG%3D461%26dept_id%3D7592%26rfi%3D6&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGJj1Y7iMV81pnTjRro1TWTHG668A Mar 29, 2007 86522 115679 schmooze I rarely have visitors on my sets, so this is a unique opportunity for one lucky person," said Tristan. "Not only will the winner get an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the Expert Guide video series, the person also gets to schmooze with...
• Larry Sabato in Examiner.com
  Clinton is a natural for the Senate,Sabato said. "He loves to talk and schmooze. He could be a great vote-organizer. Majority Leader Clinton?"