table talk

American  

noun

1. informal conversation at meals.

2. a subject that is considered appropriate for conversation at meals.

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table talk British  

noun

1. informal conversation on a range of topics, as that at table during and after a meal

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Etymology

Origin of table talk

First recorded in 1560–70

Example Sentences

The answers, though, seem largely incidental beside the pageantry of haute cuisine and burbling table talk.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Employees on the team are paid to set up a table, talk about our business and sign people up for our membership program.

From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2023

"I mean, how many people on the planet share this common experience? Not many. So, my hope is for us all to have a red table talk and just see how it goes," she reasoned.

From Fox News • Apr. 28, 2021

Normal dinner table talk was about immunology or diseases like sickle cell anemia.

From Washington Post • May 12, 2020

The officers at the table talk with indignation about other numbers: the Eighth and Fifth German Armies retreat north through Italy, the Tenth Army might be encircled.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr