chit-chatnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈtʃɪt.tʃæt/us/ˈtʃɪt.tʃæt/informalinformal conversation about matters that are not important:
"What did you talk about?" "Oh, just chit-chat."
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Informal talking & conversation
- a problem shared is a problem halved idiom
- bants
- blarney
- chatter
- chew
- confab
- conversation-stopper
- converse
- exchange
- gas
- jaw
- make yourself understood idiom
- natter
- orally
- pass
- pillow talk
- shoptalk
- talk shop idiom
- understand
- wash your dirty linen in public idiom
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chit-chat
verb [ I ] ukus-tt-
We were just chit-chatting about this and that.