confab

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: con=fab

CIDE DICTIONARY

confab, n. [Contr. from confabulation.].

 Familiar talk or conversation.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

confab, n. & v. colloq.
--n. = confabulation (see confabulate).
--v.intr. (confabbed, confabbing) = confabulate.

Etymology

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THESAURUS

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