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confab
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.
--n. = confabulation (see confabulate).
--v.intr. (confabbed, confabbing) = confabulate.
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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, wordsFor further exploring for "confab" in Webster Dictionary Online