Verb: chew the fat
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- Talk socially without exchanging too much information
"the men were sitting in the cafe and chewing the fat";
- shoot the breeze [N. Amer, informal], chat, confabulate, confab [informal], chitchat [informal], chit-chat [informal], chatter, chaffer, natter [informal], gossip, jaw [informal], claver [UK, dialect], visit [N. Amer, informal], gas [informal], chew the rag [informal], gab [informal], chinwag [Brit, informal]
Derived forms: chewing the fat, chewed the fat, chews the fat
Encyclopedia: Chew the fat