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shmooze

shmooze is the alternative spelling 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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Forms of shmooze

third-person singular presentshmoozes
present participleshmoozing
past participleshmoozed
pastshmoozed

Questions about shmooze

What is shmooze the alternative spelling of?
Shmooze is the alternative spelling of schmooze.

Words near shmooze in the dictionary

  1. shmoos
  2. shmoose
  3. shmoosed
  4. shmooses
  5. shmoosing
  6. shmooze
  7. shmoozed
  8. shmoozer
  9. shmoozers
  10. shmoozes
  11. shmoozing

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