coffeehouse noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •An establishment where coffee is served to clients; a café.In the same way that Old Europe’s coffeehouses begat insurance companies, he says, today’s political careers beget an unhealthy relationship with throat lozenges. — 2012 verb1 •To distract a game player by chattering. formscoffeehoused · coffeehousing · coffeehouses