confabulate

  • 111consult — [v] ask, confer argue, ask advice of, be closeted with, brainstorm*, call in, cogitate, collogue, commune, compare notes, confab, confabulate, consider, debate, deliberate, discuss, examine, flap*, groupthink*, huddle, interrogate, interview,… …

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  • 112discuss — [v] talk over with another altercate, argue, bounce off*, canvass, compare notes, confabulate, confer, consider, consult with, contend, contest, converse, debate, deliberate, descant, discept, discourse about, dispute, dissert, dissertate,… …

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  • 113powwow — [n] discussion confab*, confabulation, conference, consultation, council, get together, huddle, meeting, palaver, parley, talk; concepts 56,324,384 Ant. quiet powwow [v] discuss advise, confab*, confabulate, confer, consult, get together, go into …

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  • 114rap — [n1/v1] hit quickly and lightly beat, blow, conk, crack, knock, lick, pat, strike, swat, swipe, tap, whack; concept 189 rap [n2] conversation causerie, chat, chin*, colloquy, confabulation, conference, deliberation, dialogue, discourse,… …

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  • 115talk — [n1] speech, address to group allocution, chalk talk*, declamation, descant, discourse, disquisition, dissertation, epilogue, exhortation, expatiation, harangue, homily, lecture, monologue, oration, peroration, prelection, recitation, screed,… …

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  • 116treat — [n] pleasing entity or occurrence amusement, banquet, celebration, dainty, delicacy, delight, enjoyment, entertainment, feast, fun, gift, goody*, gratification, joy, party, pleasure, refreshment, satisfaction, surprise, sweet, thrill, tidbit;… …

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  • 117yak — / yap [n/v] talk a lot babble, blather, chat, chatter, clack, confabulate, gab, gossip, jabber, jaw*, prate, prattle, run on*, tattle, yammer; concepts 51,266 yap [v1] bark bay, woof, yelp; concept 64 yap [v2] …

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  • 118yap — yak / yap [n/v] talk a lot babble, blather, chat, chatter, clack, confabulate, gab, gossip, jabber, jaw*, prate, prattle, run on*, tattle, yammer; concepts 51,266 yap [v1] bark bay, woof, yelp; concept 64 yap [v2] …

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  • 119confab — [kän′fab΄; ] for v.also [ kən fab′] n. Informal a confabulation; chat vi. confabbed, confabbing Informal to confabulate; chat …

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  • 120cook up — verb 1. prepare or cook by mixing ingredients (Freq. 1) concoct a strange mixture • Syn: ↑concoct • Derivationally related forms: ↑concoction (for: ↑concoct) …

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