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Definition of small talk in English: small talknoun mass nounPolite conversation about unimportant or uncontroversial matters, especially as engaged in on social occasions. propriety required that he face these people and make small talk Example sentencesExamples - The inanity, the empty politeness of small talk is revealed by its absence.
- Without having been introduced and before the usual small talk, they struck up a conversation about it.
- India is so consumed with cricket that most conversation about the game is actually small talk.
- On social occasions, small talk on neutral topics is appropriate and modest gifts are given.
- He saw his entire marriage, spent without conversation beyond small talk and bickering.
- He had made polite small talk with her, and that seemed to be about it.
- He smiled as he set down a tray of mugs in front of a few ladies, who giggled at him and made polite small talk.
- The awkward small talk is as communicatively insipid as the first time you asked someone out on a date.
- As small talk so often does, the chatter turned to the subject of accidental shootings.
- Pleasant evening, but we don't actually know anyone there, and small talk isn't coming easy for some reason.
- Anthony was trying to make small talk and chuckled, hoping that Johnson would remember him.
- For now, make small talk in the locker room or ask someone to be your drill partner.
- After that we talked some small talk, then I hung up and went back to sleep.
- A lot of small talk was taking place and they continued to smoke more herb.
- Except he doesn't do small talk and he is not stretching his legs.
- You may recall that Carlo was wont to give Wayne, the delivery boy, a cup of coffee and make small talk about root vegetables.
- What distracted me the most yesterday, despite the sadness of the occasion, was the type of small talk that was going on.
- I'm never very good in those situations - polite small talk doesn't agree with me.
- See that scene after he first arrives wherein the four ex-pats sit and try to make small talk with him, only for it to fail at every turn.
Synonyms chat, chatting, chatter, chitter-chatter, prattling, prattle, gossip, tittle-tattle, tattle
Definition of small talk in US English: small talknounˈsmôl ˌtôkˈsmɔl ˌtɔk Polite conversation about unimportant or uncontroversial matters, especially as engaged in on social occasions. propriety required that he face these people and make small talk Example sentencesExamples - The awkward small talk is as communicatively insipid as the first time you asked someone out on a date.
- Anthony was trying to make small talk and chuckled, hoping that Johnson would remember him.
- Without having been introduced and before the usual small talk, they struck up a conversation about it.
- I'm never very good in those situations - polite small talk doesn't agree with me.
- You may recall that Carlo was wont to give Wayne, the delivery boy, a cup of coffee and make small talk about root vegetables.
- For now, make small talk in the locker room or ask someone to be your drill partner.
- As small talk so often does, the chatter turned to the subject of accidental shootings.
- Except he doesn't do small talk and he is not stretching his legs.
- He saw his entire marriage, spent without conversation beyond small talk and bickering.
- Pleasant evening, but we don't actually know anyone there, and small talk isn't coming easy for some reason.
- He smiled as he set down a tray of mugs in front of a few ladies, who giggled at him and made polite small talk.
- After that we talked some small talk, then I hung up and went back to sleep.
- He had made polite small talk with her, and that seemed to be about it.
- What distracted me the most yesterday, despite the sadness of the occasion, was the type of small talk that was going on.
- A lot of small talk was taking place and they continued to smoke more herb.
- The inanity, the empty politeness of small talk is revealed by its absence.
- India is so consumed with cricket that most conversation about the game is actually small talk.
- On social occasions, small talk on neutral topics is appropriate and modest gifts are given.
- See that scene after he first arrives wherein the four ex-pats sit and try to make small talk with him, only for it to fail at every turn.
Synonyms chat, chatting, chatter, chitter-chatter, prattling, prattle, gossip, tittle-tattle, tattle
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