Definition of Confabulate

Verb: confabulate kun'fab-yu,leyt

(psychiatry) unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory
Talk socially without exchanging too much information
"the men were sitting in the cafe and confabulating";
- chew the fat, shoot the breeze [N. Amer], chat, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver [UK, dialect], visit, gas, gab
Have a conference in order to talk something over
"We confabulated about a plan of action";
- confer, confab, consult