Chit-chat (Verb)
Meaning
Talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- They spent the morning chatting and chit-chatting with their neighbors at the yard sale.
- At the networking event, she found herself chit-chatting with strangers about everything and nothing.
- The couple chit-chatted with the bartender while they waited for their drinks to arrive.
- Instead of focusing on the meeting, the coworkers started to chit-chat about their weekend plans.
- He stood by the buffet, chit-chatting with his colleagues as they grabbed snacks for the conference.
Synonyms
- Jaw
- Natter
- Gossip
- Shoot The Breeze
- Chew The Fat
- Claver
- Chitchat
- Visit
- Confabulate
- Chatter
- Chaffer
- Chat
- Confab