Chitchat

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chitchat \Chit"chat\, n. [From {Chat}, by way of reduplication.]
     Familiar or trifling talk; prattle.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  chitchat
       n : light informal conversation for social occasions [syn: {small
           talk}, {gab}, {gabfest}, {gossip}, {tittle-tattle}, {chin-wag},
            {chin-wagging}, {causerie}]
       v : talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the
           men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
           [syn: {chew the fat}, {shoot the breeze}, {chat}, {confabulate},
            {confab}, {chatter}, {chaffer}, {natter}, {gossip}, {jaw},
            {claver}, {visit}]
       [also: {chitchatting}, {chitchatted}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "chitchat":
     babble, back-fence gossip, backchat, 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