confab

[ noun kon-fab; verb kuh n-fab, kon-fab ]

/ noun ˈkɒn fæb; verb kənˈfæb, ˈkɒn fæb /

Informal.

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noun

a confabulation.

verb (used without object), con·fabbed, con·fab·bing.

to confabulate: They spent the morning confabbing over coffee in my office.

Nearby words

conestoga, conestoga wagon, coney, coney island, conf., confab, confabulate, confabulation, confarreation, confect, confection

Origin of confab

First recorded in 1695–1705; by shortening

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Examples from the Web for confab

One donor complains about the takeout chicken pot pies served at a Karl Rove-hosted confab.
Speed Read: Kenneth Vogel’s ‘Big Money’ Shows How PACs Control Politics|William O’Connor|June 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On the first afternoon of the three-day confab, as guests are still strolling in, the booth already has attracted a crowd.
Fear and Loathing at the Republican Leadership Conference|David Freedlander|June 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
From afar, the confab known as the World Economic Forum in Davos looked a little like Asgard, the mythical home of the Norse gods.
At Davos 2014, The Gods Of Mischief Rule|Christopher Dickey|January 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At the IMF confab, one of the most well-attended sessions was a panel on restructuring sovereign debt.
Panic Sets In With the Davos Crowd|Daniel Gross|October 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Tickets are hard to get for the confab, which combines discussion of global economic issues—and whitewater rafting.
Summer Camp for Bankers|Matthew Zeitlin|August 31, 2012|DAILY BEAST
He was mighty unsteady on his pins, and I reckon he was more than half full, which was a bad lookout for our confab.
Trent's Trust and Other Stories|Bret Harte
But he wanted to confab with Freddy before they started down the last lap of their weird, nerve-jangling journey.
Dave Dawson with the Commandos|R. Sidney Bowen
The Falls of Gairsoppa, it is decided in our evening confab, we must see, and we smoke various cheroots over them.
From Edinburgh to India & Burmah|William G. Burn Murdoch
I finds him in his room havin' a confab with two other plain clothes gents.
Torchy and Vee|Sewell Ford
While the confab was going on, the dogs were having their own fun.
Among the Esquimaux|Edward S. Ellis

British Dictionary definitions for confab

confab

/ (ˈkɒnfæb) informal /

noun

a conversation or chat

verb -fabs, -fabbing or -fabbed

(intr) to converse

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Word Origin and History for confab

confab

1701, colloquial shortening of confabulation.

confab

noun

verb (used without object), con·fabbed, con·fab·bing.

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Examples from the Web for confab

British Dictionary definitions for confab

confab

noun

verb -fabs, -fabbing or -fabbed

Word Origin and History for confab

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