schmoose

schmooze

and shmooze and schmoose

1. in. to chat; to chew the fat. (From Hebrew schmuos via Yiddish.) You were schmoozing when you should have been listening.

2. n. a session of chatting or conversing. Come over, and let’s have a schmooze before you go.

verb

Name	Pronounced	Usage
MaÏA	-	French
Shinobu	shee-no-boo	Japanese
Rut	ROOT (Spanish)	Spanish, Icelandic, Swedish, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Odarka	-	Ukrainian
Jessamine	JES-ə-min	English (Rare)
Ryann	rie-AN	English (Modern)