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CHITCHAT
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Irregular inflected forms: chitchatted , chitchatting
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Light informal conversation for social occasions
Synonyms:
causerie; chin-wag; chin-wagging; chin wag; chin wagging; chit-chat; chit chat; chitchat; gab; gabfest; gossip; small talk; tittle-tattle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("chitchat" is a kind of...):
chat; confab; confabulation; schmoose; schmooze (an informal conversation)
Derivation:
chitchat (talk socially without exchanging too much information)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Talk socially without exchanging too much information
Example:
the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
Synonyms:
chaffer; chat; chatter; chew the fat; chit-chat; chitchat; claver; confab; confabulate; gossip; jaw; natter; shoot the breeze; visit
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "chitchat" is one way to...):
converse; discourse (carry on a conversation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "chitchat"):
jawbone; schmoose; schmooze; shmoose; shmooze (talk idly or casually and in a friendly way)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sentence examples:
Sam and Sue chitchat
Sam wants to chitchat with Sue
Derivation:
chit chat; chit-chat; chitchat (light informal conversation for social occasions)
