- chitchat, small talk, gab, gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin-wag, chin-wagging, causerie - light informal conversation for social occasions
--1 is a kind of chat, confab, confabulation, schmooze, schmoose
Derived form: verb chitchat1
- chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit - talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
--1 is one way to converse, discourse
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun chitchat1
Sam and Sue chitchat
Sam wants to chitchat with Sue