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1. An informal conversation
   - chat, confabulation, schmooze, schmoose, chin-wag [Brit], natter

1. Talk socially without exchanging too much information
   "the men were sitting in the cafe and confabbing";
   - chew the fat, shoot the breeze [N. Amer], chat, confabulate, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver [UK, dialect], visit, gas, gab
    
2. Have a conference in order to talk something over
   "We confabbed about a plan of action";
   - confer, confabulate, consult

Derived forms: confabbed, confabs, confabbing

Type of: conversation, converse, discourse, discuss, hash out, talk over

Encyclopedia: Confab