Confab

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Confab \Con"fab\, n. [Contr. from confabulation.]
     Familiar talk or conversation. [Colloq.]
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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