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CHIT-CHAT

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 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 ("chit-chat" 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 "chit-chat" is one way to...):

converse; discourse (carry on a conversation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "chit-chat"):

jawbone; schmoose; schmooze; shmoose; shmooze (talk idly or casually and in a friendly way)

Sentence frame:

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