dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/shm_MW.json
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{
"shmooze":{
"antonyms":[
"backchat",
"cackle",
"causerie",
"chat",
"chatter",
"chin music",
"chin-wag",
"chitchat",
"confab",
"confabulation",
"gab",
"gabfest",
"gossip",
"jangle",
"jaw",
"natter",
"palaver",
"patter",
"rap",
"small talk",
"table talk",
"talk",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate"
],
"definitions":{
": a gathering or time devoted to schmoozing":[],
": casual talk that is often gossipy or ingratiating":[],
": to engage in schmoozing with":[
"she schmoozed her professors"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"People will have time to schmooze during the cocktail hour.",
"spent every spare minute of the conference schmoozing with the industry's power players",
"Noun",
"had to master the art of the schmooze if she wanted to get ahead in the business",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Hundreds of competitors and customers stopped by to sit and schmooze and laugh with Jack. \u2014 Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune , 25 May 2022",
"On a very rare occasion, the vas deferens (the tubes that chauffeur sperm from the testicles to the urethra) can spontaneously reconnect, allowing sperm to schmooze with the semen again. \u2014 Anna Pulley, Chicago Tribune , 10 May 2022",
"Typically, attendees who escape to the lobby bars schmooze over wine and popcorn, paying little attention to the show. \u2014 Michael Schulman, The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2022",
"As soon as a commercial break began, stars moved to schmooze as much as possible before the two-minute time span ran out. \u2014 Charles Trepany, USA TODAY , 14 Mar. 2022",
"In living rooms across America, Larry King was as comfortable a guest as a favorite uncle dropping by to schmooze with the family. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Dec. 2021",
"Was everyone there to schmooze , to revolutionize the global financial system or just to get rich",
"The front lawn, meanwhile, will metamorphose into one of the world\u2019s most glamorous outdoor lounges for artists to schmooze (at a distance) and pose for the cameras. \u2014 Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor , 20 Apr. 2021",
"Blinken was, for instance, unable to make an in-person appearance at the annual Munich Security Conference, a forum staged virtually last week for American and European elites to speak, schmooze , strategize and affirm trans-Atlantic bonds. \u2014 Michael Crowley, BostonGlobe.com , 23 Feb. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The nerd prom is back in all its overly earnest, celebrity-studded, schmooze -or-lose glory. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Institutions that put on awards ceremonies, concerts, film festivals and high-profile schmooze events are considering postponement, cancellation or going virtual as the Covid-19 variant sweeps through the U.S. \u2014 Anne Steele, WSJ , 3 Jan. 2022",
"The pair schmooze on a Fifth Avenue double-decker bus, in Central Park, and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. \u2014 Alison Willmore, Vulture , 6 Dec. 2021",
"Guests are invited to come schmooze with the clergy and staff, explore the sacred spaces, learn about Judaic art installations or the Beth El Mausoleum. \u2014 Sergio Carmona, sun-sentinel.com , 23 July 2021",
"And the elimination of middlemen encourages artists to elevate one another rather than schmooze insiders at cocktail parties. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 May 2021",
"During that weekend, job candidates would lead a service, deliver a sermon, meet with the preschoolers, teach a class, maybe have lunch with staff and schmooze with congregants during kiddush on Shabbat. \u2014 Stewart Ain, sun-sentinel.com , 29 Dec. 2020",
"The bulk of that is from commercial payments facilitated by the WeChat super-app, where a billion Chinese schmooze , shop, and share cabs. \u2014 Zheping Huang, Bloomberg.com , 12 Nov. 2020",
"The 2020 Annual Meeting & Celebration kicks off at 6:45 p.m. with a pre-program community schmooze . \u2014 courant.com , 4 Sep. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1888, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
"1895, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Yiddish shmuesn , from schmues talk, from Hebrew sh\u0115mu'\u014dth news, rumor":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8shm\u00fcz"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"babble",
"blab",
"cackle",
"chaffer",
"chat",
"chatter",
"chin",
"converse",
"gab",
"gabble",
"gas",
"jabber",
"jaw",
"kibitz",
"kibbitz",
"natter",
"palaver",
"patter",
"prate",
"prattle",
"rap",
"rattle",
"run on",
"talk",
"twitter",
"visit"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073631",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
}
}