chit-chat
verbEtymology Reduplication of chat. Compare tittle-tattle, flim-flam, pitter-patter, etc.
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Colloquial To engage in small talk, to discuss unimportant matters.
- Related terms
- chitter-chatter
chit-chat
nounEtymology Reduplication of chat. Compare tittle-tattle, flim-flam, pitter-patter, etc.
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Light conversation; casual talk, usually about trivial matters.
- He speaks rapidly, with clarity and with obvious enthusiasm. No time is wasted on idle chit-chat.2020 December 2, Andy Byford talks to Paul Clifton, “I enjoy really big challenges...”, in Rail, page 50:
- “What are you doing down here, father?” “Just having a bit of chitchat with your curious creation.” “Right.”2024 November 11, Jake Bender & Zach Dunn, “Laszlo's Father” (20:06 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 6, episode 6, spoken by Lord Roderick Cravensworth (Steve Coogan):
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Gossip.
- Synonyms
- chinwag, claver, small talk