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third-person singular simple present schmoozes, present participle schmoozing, simple past and past participle schmoozed
To talk casually, especially in order to gain an advantage or make a social connection. quotations examples
Until about 4 A.M. there were almost no patients to be seen, and I enjoyed the chance to schmooze with my brother.
1996, Mark Brown, M.D., Emergency!, page xiii
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.
2013 May 9, Norm Ornstein, “Obama's Hill Slump Has Nothing to Do With a Failure of Leadership”, in The Atlantic
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?
2016 March 11, Dave Hill, “London mayor race: Goldsmith, Khan and co schmooze the business suits”, in The Guardian
plural schmoozes
A casual conversation, especially one held in order to gain an advantage or make a social connection. examples