confab
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Is confab a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (informal) Clipping of confabulation (“a casual chat or talk”).Examples: "But, Sir, as I am in haſte, we had better refer the Diſpute at preſent—any other Time I am at your Service for a Confab of a few Hours—I ſhall run thro' my Buſineſs with as brief Prolixity as poſſible— [...]"; "[January 4, 1810.] [...] At six to la Baronne Knebel, chez lui Princess Caroline. Tea and cheerful confab."; "Some confab followed, and I overheard enough to tell me that a scouting party had come in, bringing a prisoner."Synonyms: conflababbreviationalt-ofclippingcountableinformaluncountable
verb (English)
1. (intransitive, informal) Clipping of confabulate (“to speak casually with somebody; to chat”).Examples: "[T]o mak conquests o' bits o' lasses, ye would hae been sitting in your forlorn chair, confabbing wi' Jock, about whether by rope, or gun, was the easiest way o' deeing."; "He had actually argued and "confabbed" with a strange jeweller, and he had asked him questions about his wife; his delicate little Hélène!"; "We had a cold supper, and then Bill and me walked out on the prairie, to confab a little about what was ahead."Synonyms: confableabbreviationalt-ofclippinginformalintransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary