chit-chat

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	chit-chat - light informal conversation for social occasionscauserie, chin wag, chin wagging, chin-wag, chin-wagging, chit chat, chitchat, gab, gabfest, gossip, small talk, tittle-tattlechat, confab, confabulation, schmoose, schmooze - an informal conversation
Verb	1.	chit-chat - talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"chew the fat, chitchat, claver, confab, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, chat, chaffer, confabulate, gossip, chatter, visitconverse, discourse - carry on a conversationjawbone, schmoose, schmooze, shmoose, shmooze - talk idly or casually and in a friendly way