Confab

Quick meaning: Confab is a noun meaning (informal) Clipping of confabulation (“a casual chat or talk”).

Meaning

(informal) Clipping of confabulation (“a casual chat or talk”).

More Meanings

1. (intransitive, informal) Clipping of confabulate (“to speak casually with somebody; to chat”).

Example Sentences

[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.

The delegates must, of course, hold endless private confabs before they meet in order to take any formal action.

[…] The princess confab also leads into a scene featuring Vanellope and the cast of Slaughter Race that probably shouldn't be spoiled.

Word Forms

• confabs
• confabbing
• confabbed

Synonyms for confab

Depending on context, synonyms include chat, chinwag, conflab, schmooze, discourse, parley.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include confabulation, confabulate, chat, chitchat, natter, consult.

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