Variant: or shmooze
Pronunciation: ' shmüz
Function: verb
Inflected Form: schmoozed or shmoozed ; schmooz · ing or shmooz · ing
Etymology: Yiddish shmuesn, from schmues talk, from Hebrew sh ĕ mu' ō th news, rumor
Date: 1884
intransitive verb : to converse informally : CHAT also : to chat in a friendly and persuasive manner especially so as to gain favor, business, or connections
transitive verb : to engage in schmoozing with <she schmoozed her professors>
– schmooz · er \ ' shmü-z ə r \ noun