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chit-chat

noun

Etymology

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

Definitions

  1. Light conversation

    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.
    • “What are you doing down here, father?” “Just having a bit of chitchat with your curious creation.” “Right.”

  2. Gossip.

  3. To engage in small talk, to discuss unimportant matters.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for chit-chat. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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