Chitchat \Chit"chat\, n. [From Chat, by way of reduplication.]
Familiar or trifling talk; prattle.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
chitchat
n : light informal conversation for social occasions [syn: small
talk, gab, gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin-wag,
chin-wagging, causerie]
v : talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the
men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
[syn: chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate,
confab, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw,
claver, visit]
[also: chitchatting, chitchatted]
WordNet (r) 2.0
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "chitchat":
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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