chitchat
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Synonyms for chitchat
Synonyms
backchat, cackle, causerie, chat, chatter, chin music, chin-wag [slang], confab, confabulation, gab, gabfest, gossip, jangle, jaw, natter [chiefly British], palaver, patter, rap, schmooze, small talk, table talk, talk, tête-à -tête
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Task-focused workers don't want a lot of chitchat upfront and just want to get down to work, while relationship-focused people tend to be open to more conversation before getting started. — Kathryn Vasel, CNN, "Your boss hates you. What do you do?," 3 Sep. 2019 Then the game began and the time for chitchat had ended. — Tania Ganguli, latimes.com, "As scout of NBA talent for 50 years, the Lakers' Bill Bertka is always prepared," 9 July 2019 After a few months of aimless electronic chitchat, the girls wanted to talk. — Los Angeles Times, "One is Chinese. One is American. How a journalist discovered and reunited identical twins," 8 Aug. 2019 But across most of its very charming and very languid runtime, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood almost entirely forgoes gruesome outbursts in favor of chitchat, driving, and backlot shenanigans. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, "Quentin Tarantino’s Ultimate Statement on Movie Violence," 2 Aug. 2019 During a drive in Fort Lauderdale, all the stimuli absorbed without thinking—lights, pedestrians, directions, chitchat, radio—came confusingly alive for Nick. — S.l. Price, SI.com, "‘I Feel Lost. I Feel Like a Child’: The Complicated Decline of Nick Buoniconti," 9 May 2017 The production benefits greatly from the terrific Brooks, who infuses even prosaic moments — chitchat with Lia over potato chips, for instance — with interesting inflections and intense personality. — Celia Wren, Washington Post, "No shoo-in success for two new plays about female artists," 12 June 2019 Given the 40 cents per-minute rate, there was no time for chitchat. — Tom Montgomery Fate, chicagotribune.com, "'I can’t help but look back' — dad reflects on life after kids' graduations," 4 June 2019 And the fact that Trump sees no difference between accepting campaign help from the former and diplomatic chitchat with the latter. — Trudy Rubin, The Mercury News, "Rubin: Campaign help from Russia? Trump says it’s no problem," 23 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'chitchat.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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