- chitchat
- Casual conversation.► “Well-intentioned remarks and innocent chitchat during the more informal parts of employment interviews can lead to legal difficulties.” (Law Practice Management, March 1994, p. 50)
American business jargon. 2014.
chitchat
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ChitChat — Developer(s) Tomis Erwin Stable release 1.2 / December 4, 2004 Operating system Mac OS X Type Instant messaging client … Wikipedia
Chitchat — Chit chat, n. [From {Chat}, by way of reduplication.] Familiar or trifling talk; prattle. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
chitchat — (n.) also chit chat, 1710, diminishing reduplicated form of CHAT (Cf. chat). The verb is attested from 1821. Related: Chitchatting … Etymology dictionary
chitchat — [chit′chat΄] n. [redupl. of CHAT1] 1. light, familiar, informal talk; chat; small talk 2. gossip … English World dictionary
chitchat — [“tfittfaet] 1. n. talk; idle talk. □ That’s enough chitchat. Please get to work. □ Please stop the chitchat there in the back ow. 2. n. a short, friendly conversation. □ I’d like to have a little chitchat with you when you have time … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
chitchat — I noun light informal conversation for social occasions • Syn: ↑chit chat, ↑chit chat, ↑small talk, ↑gab, ↑gabfest, ↑gossip, ↑tittle tattle, ↑chin wag, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
chitchat — Synonyms and related words: babble, back fence gossip, backchat, beauty parlor chitchat, cackle, chat, chatter, chitter, chitter chatter, clack, cocktail party chitchat, gabble, gossip, gossiping, gossipmongering, gossipry, groundless rumor, idle … Moby Thesaurus
chitchat — noun Etymology: reduplication of chat Date: 1605 small talk, gossip • chitchat intransitive verb … New Collegiate Dictionary
chitchat — chitchatty, adj. /chit chat /, n., v., chitchatted, chitchatting. n. 1. light conversation; casual talk; gossip. v.i. 2. to indulge in chitchat; gossip. [1700 10; gradational compound based on CHAT] * * * … Universalium
chitchat — chit|chat [ tʃıt,tʃæt ] noun uncount INFORMAL friendly conversation about things that are not very important: Less chitchat please and pay attention, called the teacher … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
chitchat — /ˈtʃɪttʃæt / (say chitchat) noun 1. light conversation; small talk. 2. gossip. {varied reduplication of chat1} …
