schmooze

present singular third person schmoozes · participle present schmoozing · participle past schmoozed · past schmoozed · alternative schmoose · alternative schmooz · alternative shmooze

1. intransitiveTo talk casually, especially in order to gain an advantage or make a social connection.

   I wish he could do his job as well as he schmoozes with the boss.

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   Until about 4 A.M. there were almost no patients to be seen, and I enjoyed the chance to schmooze with my brother.

   1996, Mark Brown, M.D., Emergency!, page xiii

   But the issue goes beyond that, to a willful ignorance of history. No one schmoozed more or better with legislators in both parties than Clinton.

   2013 May 9, Norm Ornstein, “Obama's Hill Slump Has Nothing to Do With a Failure of Leadership”, in The Atlantic

   On Thursday he was back in the capitalist hot hub, this time in the company of Goldsmith for a hustings at the home of KPMG organised by the LCCI and other business groups. Who would schmooze the suits to best effect?

   2016 March 11, Dave Hill, “London mayor race: Goldsmith, Khan and co schmooze the business suits”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

   On election night, Trump campaign staff set up a war room in Trump’s office at Mar-a-Lago, poring over incoming returns as the candidate schmoozed in the club’s ballroom with Musk and UFC chief Dana White.

   2024 December 12, Eric Cortellessa, “Donald Trump 2024 TIME Person of the Year”, in Time, archived from the original on 22 Dec 2024

plural schmoozes · alternative schmoose · alternative schmooz · alternative shmooze

1. A casual conversation, especially one held in order to gain an advantage or make a social connection.