chitchat as a noun: - 1
as a verb: - 1
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chitchat
noun
1 chitchat
Light informal conversation for social occasions.
synonyms: causerie, chin-wag, chin-wagging, chin wag, chin wagging, chit-chat, chit chat, gab, gabfest, gossip, small talk, tittle-tattle ... show more.
Roget 588:
conversation,
interlocution;
collocution†,
colloquy,
converse,
confabulation,
talk,
discourse,
verbal intercourse;
oral communication,
commerce;
dialogue,
duologue,
trialogue.
causerie,
chat,
chitchat;
small talk,
table talk,
teatable talk†,
town talk,
village talk,
idle talk;
tattle,
gossip,
tittle-tattle;
babble,
babblement†;
tripotage†,
cackle,
prittle-prattle†,
cancan,
on dit [Fr.];
talk of the town,
talk of the village.
conference,
parley,
interview,
audience,
pourparler;
tete-a-tete;
reception,
conversazione [It];
congress
etc.
(council)
696;
powwow [U.S.].
hall of audience,
durbar†.
palaver,
debate,
logomachy†,
war of words.
gossip,
tattler;
Paul Pry;
tabby;
chatterer
etc.
(loquacity)
584;
interlocutor
etc.
(spokesman)
582;
conversationist†,
dialogist†.
the feast of reason and the flow of soul"
[Pope];
mollia tempora fandi [Lat.].
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Dutch: gekakel, geklets, gebabbel
Polish: gadka szmatka
verb
1 chitchat
Talk socially without exchanging too much information.
synonyms: chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit ... show more.
Dutch: pruttelen, babbelen, kletsen, zwetsen, chatten, chat
Moby thesaurus: babble, back-fence gossip, backchat, beauty-parlor chitchat, cackle, chat, chatter, chitter, chitter-chatter, clack, cocktail-party chitchat, gabble, gossip, gossiping, gossipmongering, gossipry, groundless rumor, idle chat, idle talk, newsmongering, piece of gossip, prattle, small talk, story, table talk, tale, talebearing, taletelling, talk, talkee-talkee, tattle, tea-table talk, tittle-tattle ... show more.
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