Main Entry: ¹schmooze

Variant(s): or shmooze \ˈshmüz\

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): schmoozed or shmoozed; schmooz·ing or shmooz·ing

Etymology: Yiddish shmuesn, from schmues talk, from Hebrew shĕmu'ōth news, rumor

Date: 1884

intransitive verb : to converse informally : chat; also : to chat in a friendly and persuasive manner especially so as to gain favor, business, or connectionstransitive verb : to engage in schmoozing with <she schmoozed her professors>

— schmooz·er \ˈshmü-zər\ noun