nnoun.communicationan informal conversationSynset:chat confabulation schmoose schmooze
Derivationally Related Form:chatchattyconfabconfabulate
Hypernyms:conversation
Inherited Hypernyms:chatconversationspeechauditory communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:causeriechin-wagchin-waggingchin wagchin waggingchit-chatchit chatchitchatgabgabfestgossipsmall talktittle-tattle
vverb.communicationtalk socially without exchanging too much informationSynset:chaffer chat chatter chew the fat chit-chat chitchat claver confabulate gossip jaw natter shoot the breeze visit
Examples:- the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
Derivationally Related Form:chatchitchatchatterchit-chatconfabulationgossipvisitorchit chatchatterer
Hypernyms:converse discourse
Inherited Hypernyms:chew the fatconversetalkcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:jawboneschmooseschmoozeshmooseshmooze
Full Troponyms:shmooze
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Sam and Sue --- (apply to: chat, chatter, chitchat, visit) | Sam wants to --- with Sue (apply to: chat, chatter, chitchat) | Sam cannot --- Sue (apply to: visit)
vverb.communicationhave a conference in order to talk something overSynset:confabulate confer consult
Examples:- We conferred about a plan of action
Derivationally Related Form:confereeconferenceconfabconfabulationconsultation
Hypernyms:discuss hash out talk over
Inherited Hypernyms:conferhash outtalk oftalkcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:collogue
Full Troponyms:collogue
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Sam wants to --- with Sue (apply to: confer, consult) | Sam cannot --- Sue (apply to: confer, consult)