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schmoozeschmooze /ʃmuz/ verb [intransitive] informal ETYMOLOGYschmoozeOrigin: 1800-1900 Yiddish shmuesn to talk VERB TABLEschmooze |
Present | I, you, we, they | schmooze | | he, she, it | schmoozes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | schmoozed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have schmoozed | | he, she, it | has schmoozed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had schmoozed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will schmooze | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have schmoozed |
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Present | I | am schmoozing | | he, she, it | is schmoozing | | you, we, they | are schmoozing | Past | I, he, she, it | was schmoozing | | you, we, they | were schmoozing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been schmoozing | | he, she, it | has been schmoozing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been schmoozing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be schmoozing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been schmoozing |
to talk about unimportant things at a social event in a friendly way that is not always sincere: schmooze with He spent time schmoozing with local TV executives. [Origin: 1800–1900 Yiddish shmuesn to talk]—schmoozer noun [countable] |