Hypertext Webster Gateway: "chitchat"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chitchat \Chit"chat\, n. [From {Chat}, by way of reduplication.]
Familiar or trifling talk; prattle.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
chitchat
n : light informal conversation for social occasions [syn: {small
talk}, {gab}, {gabfest}, {gossip}, {tittle-tattle}, {chin-wag},
{chin-wagging}, {causerie}]
v : chew the fat; shoot the breeze [syn: {chat}, {confabulate},
{confab}, {chatter}, {chaffer}, {natter}, {gossip}, {jaw},
{claver}, {visit}]
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