confab

[ noun kon-fab; verb kuhn-fab, kon-fab ]
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verb (used without object),con·fabbed, con·fab·bing.
  1. to confabulate: They spent the morning confabbing over coffee in my office.

Origin of confab

1
First recorded in 1695–1705; by shortening

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British Dictionary definitions for confab

confab

/ (ˈkɒnfæb) informal /


noun
  1. a conversation or chat

verb-fabs, -fabbing or -fabbed
  1. (intr) to converse

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