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Meaning of CHITCHAT

Pronunciation:  'chit`chat

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  light informal conversation for social occasions
  2. [v]  chew the fat; shoot the breeze
 
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 Synonyms: causerie, chaffer, chat, chatter, chin-wag, chin-wagging, claver, confab, confabulate, gab, gabfest, gossip, gossip, jaw, natter, small talk, tittle-tattle, visit
 
 See Also: chat, confab, confabulation, converse, discourse, jawbone, schmoose, schmoose, schmooze, schmooze, shmoose, shmooze

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Chit"chat\, n. [From {Chat}, by way of reduplication.]
Familiar or trifling talk; prattle.
 
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Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: babble, backchat, back-fence gossip, beauty-parlor chitchat, cackle, chat, chatter, chitter, chitter-chatter, clack, cocktail-party chitchat, gabble, gossip, gossiping, gossipmongering, gossipry, groundless rumor, idle chat, idle talk, newsmongering, piece of gossip, prattle, small talk, story, table talk, tale, talebearing, taletelling, talk, talkee-talkee, tattle, tea-table talk, tittle-tattle
 

 

 

 

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