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
Yasu	yah-soo	Japanese
Signe	SEENG-ne (Swedish, Norwegian), SEE-ne (Danish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Aliya (2)	-	Hebrew
Gurgen	-	Armenian, Georgian
Danijel	-	Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Graciana	grah-THYAH-nah (Spanish), grah-SYAH-nah (Latin American Spanish), grə-SYA-nə (Portuguese)	Spanish, Portuguese