Synset:chaffer chat chatter chit-chat chitchat claver confab confabulate gossip jaw natter shoot the breeze visit
Examples:
- the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
Derivationally Related Form:chatchitchatchatterchit-chatconfabulationgossipvisitorchit chatchatterer
Hypernyms:converse discourse
Inherited Hypernyms:chew the fatconversetalkcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:jawboneschmooseschmoozeshmooseshmooze
Full Troponyms:shmooze
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Sam and Sue --- (apply to: chat, chatter, chitchat, visit) | Sam wants to --- with Sue (apply to: chat, chatter, chitchat) | Sam cannot --- Sue (apply to: visit)