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Chit-chat

verb

Talk socially without exchanging too much information. Synonyms: chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit.

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Etymology of 'Chit-chat'

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"Chit-chat" Quotes from Famous Books

... "Chip-chop the chit-chat!" Karns said, harshly. "What I want to know is whether I was having a nightmare. Can there possibly be a race such as I thought I saw? So utterly savage—ruthless—merciless! So devoid of every human trace ...

— Masters of Space • Edward Elmer Smith

... wrists slid two glasses and a bottle down the bar so that a glass stopped in front of each man and the bottle came to a standstill between them. Racey spun a dollar on the bar. The bartender nonchalantly swept the dollar into the cash drawer and resumed his chit-chat with the tall man. At which Racey's eyes narrowed slightly. But he ...

— The Heart of the Range • William Patterson White

Words linked to "Chit-chat" : shmoose, schmoose, discourse, jawbone, schmooze, shmooze, confabulation, converse