- chat, confab, confabulation, schmooze, schmoose - an informal conversation
--1 is a kind of conversation
--1 has particulars:chitchat, small talk, gab, gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin-wag, chin-wagging, causerie Derived form: verb confab2
- chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit - talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
--1 is one way to converse, discourse
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- confer, confabulate, confab, consult - have a conference in order to talk something over; "We conferred about a plan of action"
--2 is one way to hash out, discuss, talk over
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun confab1
Somebody ----s