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

"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

And kids traumatised by what they picked up from the table talk, but that was just parental carelessness.

From The Guardian • Feb. 1, 2020

Knowledge lags in profound, accurate, honest, subtle and direct language spoken or written which always seems to contradict easy coherences of group whether polite table talk or political party or nation.

From New York Times • May 21, 2016

Over the clatter of knife and plate and the low mutter of table talk, he heard Patchface singing, . . dance, my lord, dance my lord,” to the accompaniment of jangling cowbells.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin