Confab \Con"fab\, n. [Contr. from confabulation.]
Familiar talk or conversation. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
confab
n : an informal conversation [syn: chat, confabulation, schmooze,
schmoose]
v 1: talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the
men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
[syn: chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate,
chitchat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw,
claver, visit]
2: have a conference in order to talk something over; "We
conferred about a plan of action" [syn: confer, confabulate,
consult]
[also: confabbing, confabbed]
WordNet (r) 2.0
49 Moby Thesaurus words for "confab":
advise, audience, bargaining, bargaining session, bull session,
chinfest, collogue, conclave, confabulate, confabulation,
conference, confrontation, congress, consult, consultation,
convention, council, council fire, council of war, dialogue,
discussion, duologue, exchange of views,
eyeball-to-eyeball encounter, high-level talk, huddle,
interchange of views, interview, meeting, negotiations,
news conference, palaver, parley, pourparler, powwow,
press conference, question-and-answer session, seance, session,
sitting, speech, summit, summit conference, summitry, talk,
talkfest, treat, trialogue, words
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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