confab

UK: /ˈkɒnfæb/

US: /n.ˈkɑnfæb; v. kənˈfæb, ˈkɑnfæb/

US: (n. kon′fab; v. kən fab′, kon′fab)

Inflections of 'confab' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

confabs

v 3rd person singular

confabbing

v pres p

confabbed

v past

confabbed

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

con•fab /n. ˈkɑnfæb; v. kənˈfæb, ˈkɑnfæb/   n., v., -fabbed, -fab•bing. Informal.
n. [countable]

1. Informal Terms a confabulation.

v. [no object]

2. Informal Terms to confabulate;
   chat.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

con•fab  (n. kon′fab;v. kən fab′, kon′fab), n., v., -fabbed, -fab•bing. [Informal.]
n. 

1. Informal Terms a confabulation.

v.i. 

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

• by shortening 1695–1705

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

confab / ˈkɒnfæb/ noun

1. a conversation or chat

verb ( -fabs, -fabbing, -fabbed)

1. (intransitive) to converse