confab(n = noun.communication) chat, confabulation, schmoose, schmooze - an informal conversation;
is a kind of conversation
has particulars: causerie, chin-wag, chin-wagging, chin wag, chin wagging, chit-chat, chit chat, chitchat, gab, gabfest, gossip, small talk, tittle-tattle
Derived form verb confab₂

1.  confab(v = verb.communication) chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit - talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
is one way to converse, discourse
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s

2.  confab(v = verb.communication) confabulate, confer, consult - have a conference in order to talk something over; "We conferred about a plan of action"
is one way to discuss, hash out, talk over
Derived form noun confab₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s

   Familiar talk or conversation. [1913 Webster]

confab, n. & v. colloq.
--n. = confabulation (see confabulate).
--v.intr. (confabbed, confabbing) = confabulate.

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