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別の表記

• schmoose, schmooz, shmooze

語源

Borrowed from Yiddish שמועס‎ (shmues), from Hebrew שְׁמוּעוֹת‎ (sh'mu'ót), plural of שְׁמוּעָה‎ (sh'mu'á, “report, piece of news, rumor”).

発音

• enPR: shmo͞oz, IPA^(key): /ʃmuːz/
• 韻: -uːz

動詞

schmooze (三人称単数 現在形 schmoozes, 現在分詞 schmoozing, 過去形および過去分詞形 schmoozed)

1. To talk casually, especially in order to gain an advantage or make a social connection.

   I wish he could do his job as well as he schmoozes with the boss.

   • 1996, Mark Brown, M.D., Emergency!, page xiii:

     Until about 4 A.M. there were almost no patients to be seen, and I enjoyed the chance to schmooze with my brother.

   • 2013 May 9, Norm Ornstein, “Obama's Hill Slump Has Nothing to Do With a Failure of Leadership”, in The Atlantic‎^[1]:

     But the issue goes beyond that, to a willful ignorance of history. No one schmoozed more or better with legislators in both parties than Clinton.

   • 2016 March 11, Dave Hill, “London mayor race: Goldsmith, Khan and co schmooze the business suits”, in The Guardian‎^[2], ISSN 0261-3077:

     On Thursday he was back in the capitalist hot hub, this time in the company of Goldsmith for a hustings at the home of KPMG organised by the LCCI and other business groups. Who would schmooze the suits to best effect?

派生語

名詞

schmooze (複数形 schmoozes)

1. A casual conversation, especially one held in order to gain an advantage or make a social connection.