confab

confab
    n 1: an informal conversation [syn: {chat}, {confab},
         {confabulation}, {schmooze}, {schmoose}]
    v 1: talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the
         men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" [syn:
         {chew the fat}, {shoot the breeze}, {chat}, {confabulate},
         {confab}, {chitchat}, {chit-chat}, {chatter}, {chaffer},
         {natter}, {gossip}, {jaw}, {claver}, {visit}]
    2: have a conference in order to talk something over; "We
       conferred about a plan of action" [syn: {confer},
       {confabulate}, {confab}, {consult}]
    

Confab \Con"fab\, n. [Contr. from confabulation.]
   Familiar talk or conversation. [Colloq.]
   [1913 Webster]
    

49 Moby Thesaurus words for "confab":
      advise, audience, bargaining, bargaining session, bull session,
      chinfest, collogue, conclave, confabulate, confabulation,
      conference, confrontation, congress, consult, consultation,
      convention, council, council fire, council of war, dialogue,
      discussion, duologue, exchange of views,
      eyeball-to-eyeball encounter, high-level talk, huddle,
      interchange of views, interview, meeting, negotiations,
      news conference, palaver, parley, pourparler, powwow,
      press conference, question-and-answer session, seance, session,
      sitting, speech, summit, summit conference, summitry, talk,
      talkfest, treat, trialogue, words