confab

Alternative forms

• conflab

Etymology

Truncated from confabulate or confabulation.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒn.fæb/
• (AusE) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔn.fæb/
• (GenAm) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑn.fæb/
• Rhymes: -æb

Verb

confab (third-person singular simple present confabs, present participle confabbing, simple past and past participle confabbed)

1. (informal) To speak casually with somebody; to chat.

Noun

confab (countable and uncountable, plural confabs)

1. (informal) A casual talk or chat.
   • 1902, Francis Lynde, The Master of Appleby, Grosset & Dunlap, New York, page 167:

     Some confab followed, and I overheard enough to tell me that a scouting party had come in…