单词 | schmooze |
释义 | schmooze or schmoose also shmooze ![]() v. schmoozed, schmooz·ing, schmooz·es or schmoosed or schmoos·ing or schmoos·es also shmoozed or shmooz·ing or shmooz·es v.intr. To converse casually, especially in order to gain an advantage or make a social connection. v.tr. To engage in schmoozing with: "how to be a professional artist—how to be a businessperson, how to schmooze the collectors" (Paige Powell). n. The act or an instance of schmoozing. [Yiddish shmuesn, possibly from shmues, a chat, pl. of shmue, rumor, Hebrew šəmû'â, rumor; see šmʿ in the Appendix of Semitic roots.] schmoozer n. schmoozy adj. |
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