How to pronounce schmooze

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What schmooze means

verb

To chat in a friendly way to make useful friends

In a sentence: At the fair, the baker schmoozed with every shopper so they would buy more pies.

Where it comes from: It was borrowed from Yiddish, from a Hebrew word for news or rumors.

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