Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to schmooze
Participle: schmoozed
Gerund: schmoozing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | schmooze |
| you | schmooze |
| he;she;it | schmoozes |
| we | schmooze |
| you | schmooze |
| they | schmooze |
Perfect
| I | have schmoozed |
| you | have schmoozed |
| he;she;it | has schmoozed |
| we | have schmoozed |
| you | have schmoozed |
| they | have schmoozed |
Past
| I | schmoozed |
| you | schmoozed |
| he;she;it | schmoozed |
| we | schmoozed |
| you | schmoozed |
| they | schmoozed |
Pluperfect
| I | had schmoozed |
| you | had schmoozed |
| he;she;it | had schmoozed |
| we | had schmoozed |
| you | had schmoozed |
| they | had schmoozed |
Future
| I | will schmooze |
| you | will schmooze |
| he;she;it | will schmooze |
| we | will schmooze |
| you | will schmooze |
| they | will schmooze |
Future Perfect
| I | will have schmoozed |
| you | will have schmoozed |
| he;she;it | will have schmoozed |
| we | will have schmoozed |
| you | will have schmoozed |
| they | will have schmoozed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | schmooze |
| you | schmooze |
| he;she;it | schmooze |
| we | schmooze |
| you | schmooze |
| they | schmooze |
Perfect
| I | have schmoozed |
| you | have schmoozed |
| he;she;it | have schmoozed |
| we | have schmoozed |
| you | have schmoozed |
| they | have schmoozed |
Imperfect
| I | schmoozed |
| you | schmoozed |
| he;she;it | schmoozed |
| we | schmoozed |
| you | schmoozed |
| they | schmoozed |
Pluperfect
| I | had schmoozed |
| you | had schmoozed |
| he;she;it | had schmoozed |
| we | had schmoozed |
| you | had schmoozed |
| they | had schmoozed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would schmooze |
| you | would schmooze |
| he;she;it | would schmooze |
| we | would schmooze |
| you | would schmooze |
| they | would schmooze |
Perfect
| I | would have schmoozed |
| you | would have schmoozed |
| he;she;it | would have schmoozed |
| we | would have schmoozed |
| you | would have schmoozed |
| they | would have schmoozed |
Imperative
| you | schmooze |
| we | Let's schmooze |
| you | schmooze |
Verbs conjugated like 'schmooze'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'schmooze'
schmoose,
schmooz,
shmooze,
shmoose,
choose,
schemozzle,
school,
scrooge,
shmoke,
snooze,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish שמועס (shmues), from Hebrew שְׁמוּעוֹת (sh'mu'ót), plural of שְׁמוּעָה (sh'mu'á, “report, piece of news, rumor”). Cognate with German schmusen (“to cuddle”, older “to flirt, flatter, schmooze”). See: German, old spelling '
schmusen'.
Verbs referencing "schmooze"
German, old spelling
schmusen.
Sample Sentences
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I wish he could do his job as well as he schmoozes with the boss.
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Until about 4 A.M. there were almost no patients to be seen, and I enjoyed the chance to schmooze with my brother. [1996, Mark Brown, M.D., Emergency!, page xiii:]
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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. [2013 May 9, Norm Ornstein, “Obama's Hill Slump Has Nothing to Do With a Failure of Leadership”, in The Atlantic:]
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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? [2016 March 11, Dave Hill, “London mayor race: Goldsmith, Khan and co schmooze the business suits”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:]
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On election night, Trump campaign staff set up a war room in Trump’s office at Mar-a-Lago, poring over incoming returns as the candidate schmoozed in the club’s ballroom with Musk and UFC chief Dana White. [2024 December 12, Eric Cortellessa, “Donald Trump 2024 TIME Person of the Year”, in Time, archived from the original on 22 Dec 2024:]