to chitchat

Examples

• All

• We don't come to 47th Street to chitchat.

  New York, I Love You (2008)

• I just wanted to sit down, chitchat and show you some of the fun new things that I got for my new place.

  Molly Burke

• We can talk, chitchat, discuss.

  Delhi Safari (2012)

• Now you want to chitchat.

  Fiction book (2002)

• I don't chitchat unless it's about the job.

  Wheelman (2017)

• She'd chitchat for a minute or two, not wanting to seem as if she had something better to do than talk to her husband of eleven months.

  Fiction book (1996)

• We sit and chitchat over the aroma of cinnamon and pan dulce about all the things normal people can't talk about.

  Blog text (6)

• Let's sit down and chitchat about our plans for the weekend.

• She loves to chitchat with her friends over coffee every Saturday.

• During lunch, we often chitchat about the latest movies and TV shows.

Synonyms

C

to chat

vsto chitchat

• Informal

269 1.0

To talk in a friendly, informal way about small everyday things

is the general casual word used in many everyday situations

C

to chatter

vsto chitchat

86 2.7

To talk quickly and without stopping about unimportant things

is the same casual talking but without implying rapid nonstop speech

C

to converse

vsto chitchat

29 3.3

To talk with someone in a friendly way

is the light talk about unimportant topics rather than any informal conversation

S

to shoot the breeze

vsto chitchat

• Informal

9 6.8

To chat in a relaxed informal way about unimportant things

is the neutral general word rather than an idiomatic expression

J

to jaw

vsto chitchat

• Informal

6 7.7

To talk for a long time in a relaxed, often boring way

is the short light informal talk of unimportant topics, not lengthy rambling

C

to chit-chat

vsto chitchat

• Informal

5 4.1

To talk in a friendly, light way about unimportant things

is the unhyphenated modern form with same meaning

C

to chew the fat

vsto chitchat

• Informal

3 7.9

Talk in a friendly, relaxed way for a long time

is the brief light informal chat rather than extended long talks

N

to natter

vsto chitchat

• UK

3 7.9

Talk in a friendly way about small unimportant things

is the general neutral word for this kind of informal chatting

C

to confab

vsto chitchat

• Informal

1 8.5

To talk briefly and informally with someone, often in private

is the purposeless light chat about unimportant topics rather than a decision discussion

B

to bat the breeze

vsto chitchat

• Informal

8.1

To talk in a relaxed, friendly way

is the broad term for casual talk rather than purposeless chatting

B

to batting the breeze

vsto chitchat

• Informal

8.8

To talk in a relaxed way about nothing important

is the neutral name for short or long informal exchanges

C

to confabulate

vsto chitchat

• Informal

8.7

To chat with others about small, unimportant things

is the general term for light informal talk not limited to trivial cases

C

to chaffer

vsto chitchat

• Archaic

9.9

Talk in a friendly way about small, unimportant things

is about light informal topics, not about hiding important facts

C

to claver

vsto chitchat

• Archaic

9.9

To have a light friendly chat about unimportant things

is the general light talk term, not focused on gossip

J

to jive about

vsto chitchat

• Informal

8.5

To talk in a lively, informal way about things like music

is the calmer general term for light informal conversation

S

splitting the breeze

vsto chitchat

• Informal

9.9

Talking in a friendly, relaxed way with other people

is the broad word for light informal talk, not tied to group settings

J

to jawbone

vsto chitchat

• Informal

9.3

Talk in a friendly, relaxed way

is a general term for light conversation, not only idle gossip

E

to engage in banter

vsto chitchat

• Informal

4.8

Take part in friendly playful talk that makes jokes and teases

is general light talk without the playful teasing aspect

Antonyms

A

to argue

∞ 2.8

To give reasons to support or oppose an idea

How Casual

to prattle

9 8.4

to gab

• Informal

1 6.9

to chitchat

• Informal

7 3.0

to chat

• Informal

269 1.0

to talk

∞ 1.0

to speak

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology