schmooze
pronunciation
How to pronounce schmooze in British English:
UK [ʃmu:z]
How to pronounce schmooze in American English:
US [ʃmuz]
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- Noun:
- an informal conversation
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- Verb:
- talk idly or casually and in a friendly way
Word Origin
- schmooze
- schmooze: [19] To ‘schmooze’ is to chat or gossip. The word came into colloquial American English towards the end of the 19th century from Yiddish shmuesn ‘to talk, chat’, which in turn was based on Hebrew shemū’ah ‘rumour’.
- schmooze (v.)
- 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.
Example
- 1. People come to fundraising dinners to help the cause and schmooze with other like-minded people .
- 2. An easy read , reality check is made up of 94 short , entertaining , and tip-filled chapters on everything from how to schmooze to how to suck up to a blogger .
- 3. Who should arrive in their roller to break up the schmooze , but prince charles and camilla who had been planning to greet obama and his wife at stansted , had volcanic ash not intervened on the flightplan .