to chit-chat
5
4.1
- phrasal verb
- /ˈʧɪtˌʧæt/
- Informal
:
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- Let's sit down and chit-chat for a while over coffee.
- just chit-chatting
Let's dive on in as I'm chit chatting with you all.
- Let's dive on in as I'm chit chatting with you all.
- So excited I love chit chatting with you guys.
- Like I don't have time like to, you know, chit chat.
- And then this video here with Obama and Trump chit chatting and kind of laughing.
- You sit down and some guy or girl sits down and immediately starts chit chatting.
- They put on their pants or whatever else they're wearing and go out in town and chit chat with people.
- We're going to kind of go through the day, chit chat, hang out and talk more about the product as my makeup wears.
- All right, so I just want to sit down, chit chat, show some cringy childhood photos of mine so we can all giggle, play with clothes and just have a good old time.
- You don't have me and chit chatting like outrageous stuff.
- And so for Biggs and I are just chit chatting.
- But it's important to point out that he ceded no ground like some other Democrats have arrived at meeting and chit chatting with MAGA influencers.
Examples
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We discussed my CT scan results, did an exam to confirm the results, and chit-chatted about my health and state of recovery.
Blog text (31) -
She calls me at work to chit-chat of all things!
Blog text (17) -
Just chit-chatting about this and that, right over there.
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As we started chit-chatting, the topic turned to finding out the sex of the baby.
Blog text (16) -
We never had somebody show up and just interview and chit-chat.
Blog text (14) -
So excited I love chit chatting with you guys.
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We sat there awhile chit-chatting.
Fiction book (2002) -
I have missed chit chatting with all of y'all about all things fashion.
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The place was packed with artists, all chit-chatting about the art, the hefty turnout, and who knows what else.
Blog text (28) -
Let's chit chat.
Synonyms
269
1.0
To talk in a friendly, informal way about small everyday things
86
2.7
To talk quickly and without stopping about unimportant things
40
1.6
To talk in a friendly, casual way about a subject
29
3.3
To talk with someone in a friendly way
9
6.8
To chat in a relaxed informal way about unimportant things
7
3.0
To talk in a friendly, light way about unimportant things
6
1.0
To discuss small safe topics to start conversation and fill silence
6
7.7
To talk for a long time in a relaxed, often boring way
3
7.9
Talk in a friendly, relaxed way for a long time
3
7.9
Talk in a friendly way about small unimportant things
1
8.5
To talk briefly and informally with someone, often in private
Talk in a friendly way about small, unimportant things
To talk in a relaxed, friendly way
To talk in a relaxed way about nothing important
Talking in a friendly, relaxed way with other people
To talk briefly in an informal way
To have a light friendly chat about unimportant things
To talk in a lively, informal way about things like music
To chat with others about small, unimportant things
Talk in a friendly, relaxed way
Talk in a friendly way to try to get help or make useful contacts
Antonyms
How Casual
9
8.4
- Informal
1
6.9
- Informal
5
4.1
- Informal
269
1.0
∞
1.0
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chit-chat as a verb is the same playful repeat of chat ('talk'), and the double sound shows the easy back-and-forth of small talk. So, to chit-chat is to talk in a light, friendly way without serious information.