Noun: chitchat 'chit,chat
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- Light informal conversation for social occasions
"The cocktail party was filled with chitchat about recent movies and local events";
- chit-chat [informal], chit chat [informal], small talk, gab [informal], gabfest [N. Amer, informal], gossip, tittle-tattle, chin-wag [Brit, informal], chin-wagging [Brit, informal], causerie, bavardage [literary], chinwag [Brit, informal]
Usage: informal
- Talk socially without exchanging too much information
"the men were sitting in the cafe and chitchatting";
- chew the fat [informal], shoot the breeze [N. Amer, informal], chat, confabulate, confab [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: chit-chats, chit-chatted, chit-chatting, chitchatted, chitchatting, chitchats
Type of: chat, confab [informal], confabulation, converse, discourse, natter [informal], schmoose [informal], schmooze [informal]
Encyclopedia: Chitchat