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shmoose

shmoose is the alternative form of schmooze.

Meaning of schmooze

Verb

schmooze (third-person singular simple present schmoozes, present participle schmoozing, simple past and past participle schmoozed)

  1. (intransitive) To 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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Noun

shmoose (uncountable)

  1. A microprotein involved in engergy metabolism in the brain, possibly linked to Alzheimer's disease.

Forms of shmoose

third-person singular presentshmooses
present participleshmoosing
past participleshmoosed
pastshmoosed

Questions about shmoose

What does shmoose mean?
Shmoose means a microprotein involved in engergy metabolism in the brain, possibly linked to Alzheimer's disease.
What is shmoose the alternative form of?
Shmoose is the alternative form of schmooze.
What part of speech is shmoose?
Shmoose is a noun.

Words near shmoose in the dictionary

  1. shmokes
  2. shmoo
  3. shmooing
  4. shmoon
  5. shmoos
  6. shmoose
  7. shmoosed
  8. shmooses
  9. shmoosing
  10. shmooze
  11. shmoozed

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