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chitchat

[chit-chat]
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noun

light conversation; casual talk; gossip.

verb (used without object), chit·chat·ted, chit·chat·ting.

to indulge in chitchat; gossip.

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babble, ramble, blather, cackle, blathering, gibbering, blithering, blabbering, jabbering, palaver, spit, jabber, converse, chitchat, discourse, chat, bark, chatter, talk

Origin of chitchat

First recorded in 1700–10; gradational compound based on chat
Related formschit·chat·ty, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for chitchatting

chitchat

noun

talk of a gossipy nature

verb -chats, -chatting or -chatted

(intr) to gossip
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Word Origin and History for chitchatting

chitchat

n.

also chit-chat, 1710, diminishing reduplicated form of chat. The verb is attested from 1821. Related: Chitchatting.

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