schmooze
/ʃmuːz/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.96 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To talk casually, especially in order to gain an advantage or make a social connection.
Intransitive verb
noun
A casual conversation, especially one held in order to gain an advantage or make a social connection.
Example Sentences
- "I wish he could do his job as well as he schmoozes with the boss."
- "Until about 4 A.M. there were almost no patients to be seen, and I enjoyed the chance to schmooze with my brother."
- "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."
- "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?"
- "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."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: שמועס, שְׁמוּעוֹת