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Define the word confab

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

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]

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