schmoozing
present participle ofschmooze
schmooze
verb[I]
informaluk/ʃmuːz/us/ʃmuːz/totalkinformallywith someone,especiallyin a way that is notsincereor towinsomeadvantagefor yourself:
Hespenttheentireeveningschmoozingwiththesenator.
Praising insincerely or too eagerly
- backhanded compliment
- bootlicker
- bow and scrapeidiom
- crawler
- creep
- fawn
- flatter
- glad-handing
- grovel
- hagiographic
- idealization
- idealize
- left-handed compliment
- people pleaser
- play up tosomeone
- schmooze
- servile
- servility
- slobber
- unctuous
Examplesofschmoozing
schmoozing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Many of the city's schmoozers are retired men who frequently return to catch up on theirschmoozing.
From theCambridge English Corpus
We do not want this public relationsschmoozing; we want a proper debate.
From the
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He was also said to be often gruff and impatient withschmoozing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Gibbs assumed responsibility for shaping the campaign message, responding to the 24/7 news cycle,schmoozingwith the press and fighting back when he disagreed with its reporting.
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- meaningless exercise
- meaninglessly
- meaninglessness
- mean intensity
- mean latency
- mean level
- meanly
- meanness
- mean percentage
- mean rainfall
- means
- mean sea level
- mean-sea-level
- mean size
- means of access
- means of communication
- means of comparison
- means of delivery
- means of destruction
- means of disposal
- means of distribution
- means of enforcement
- means of escape
- means of expression
- means of identification