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chitchat

/ chitchat /

noun/verb

noun Sense 1

light informal conversation for social occasions

Type of:

chat confab confabulation

Derived:

chatter piffle palaver prate tittle-tattle

verb Sense 2

talk socially without exchanging too much information

"the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"

Type of:

converse discourse

Kinds of:

shmooze shmoose schmooze schmoose jawbone

Derived:

visitor visitant small talk gab gabfest

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s something

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