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chinwag

noun
/ˈt͡ʃɪnˌwæɡ/US

Etymology

From chin + wag.

  1. inherited from *wagōną✻ — “to wag”
  2. derived from vaga — “to wag, waddle”
  3. inherited from wagian — “to wag, wave, shake”
  4. inherited from waggen
  5. compounded as chinwag — “chin + wag”

Definitions

  1. An informal conversation, usually about everyday matters

    An informal conversation, usually about everyday matters; a chat, a gossip.

    • Reg liked a chat about old times and we used to go and have a chinwag in the pub.
    • Every major network has at least one prime-time newsmagazine, which features extended coverage of gruesome crimes or amazing trials, intimate chinwags with the stars, and exposés of the horrors lurking in your own home, […]
    • Hundreds of Reading folk got together for coffee, cake and a good old fashioned chinwag during a national cancer charity's coffee morning fundraiser.

  2. To chat, to gossip.

    • I saw the pair of them chinwagging by the water-cooler.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA