confab

noun

confab intransitive verb

Examples of confab in a Sentence

we had a little confab about the merits of the plan after the requisite confab, we got down to business
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Next up on the fan confab for Marvel is Team Fantastic Four showing up at CCXP Mexico on Saturday. Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 30 May 2025 The sympathetic throw them pretzel chunks, the disgusted kick their way through their sidewalk confabs, and even the agnostic cover their heads when passing below their subway platform roosts. Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, 3 May 2025 At an industry confab last December, the BBC’s director of drama Lindsay Salt said the same. K.j. Yossman, Variety, 7 Jan. 2025 There’s even the possibility that California’s call for a gun control confab could be added to the COS efforts for a convention dealing with vastly different issues. Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for confab

Word History

First Known Use

1701, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of confab was in 1701

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“Confab.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confab. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.

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