chitchat
Example Sentences
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“Say, Faucet old chap, come join me in my study for a cigar. Too much chitchat going on in here, what?”
From Literature
That attitude persisted as he was escorted to the table, made chitchat with the owner, and ordered his food.
From Literature
The next two hours were filled with chitchat in between sets: Nicole’s end-of-school-year frenzy, Rich’s musician thoughts about those sweet drum riffs and where we should all go to grab a bite after.
From Los Angeles Times
Why spend energy on casual chitchat when Viv was always ready to dive deep?
The school system’s chief financial officer, for example, doesn’t want to chitchat and won’t share data until he knows what you’ll do with it.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.