klatch
2
9.5
- noun
- /klæʧ/
- Archaic
:
reunión informal
- Every Saturday morning, the neighbors gather for a klatch to chat over cups of coffee.
- a coffee klatch
Examples
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The "you are trying to oppress me by not letting me oppress you" klatch that has sprung up down here.
Blog text (9) -
Schedule: Resist the temptation to become a member of the extended happy hour club or the two-hour coffee klatch.
Academic text (2009) -
This has been the greatest little coffee klatch of my life.
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This is a court of law, not a coffee klatch.
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Little coffee klatch you are having, eh?
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This is a court of law, not a coffee klatch!
Fiction book (1994) -
I'm not asking you to invite him to a coffee klatch.
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These are the comments of the parking lot, or the phone tree, or the grocery store checkout lane, or the morning or afternoon coffee klatch.
Blog text (18) -
While Nina and Omar were plotting to find him... ...I checked in to the coffee klatch.
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When Carrie Fisher popped up on CBS' daytime coffee klatch.
Blog text (4)
Synonyms
1
8.9
A friendly meeting where people drink coffee and chat, often to gossip
A relaxed meeting where people talk and drink coffee
How Formal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Klatch comes from the German word Klatsch, which means 'gossip' and shows up in Kaffeeklatsch ('coffee gossip'). So a klatch is a small, informal meeting where people chat and often drink coffee, and the origin helps you remember it is a friendly time for talking.