chit-chat

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chit-chat

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Reduplication of chat. Compare tittle-tattle, flim-flam, pitter-patter, etc.

noun chit-chats · chitchat · chit chat

  1. countable, uncountable Light conversation; casual talk, usually about trivial matters. He speaks rapidly, with clarity and with obvious enthusiasm. No time is wasted on idle chit-chat.
  2. countable, uncountable Gossip.

Similar: claver, small talk

verb chit-chats · chit-chatting · chit-chatted · chitchat · chit chat

  1. colloquial, intransitive To engage in small talk, to discuss unimportant matters.

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