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idle chat

NOUN

small talk

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blather chatter chitchat pleasantry

WEAK

babble beauty-parlor chitchat blab casual conversation chat conversation gab gossip idle chatter idle talk jabber light talk polite remark prattle rumors table talk trivial conversation yakking

NOUN

table talk

Synonyms

WEAK

casual conversation chit-chat small talk tea-table talk

Example Sentences

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Indeed, the whole was either a kind of practice in language, or else aimless chat to pass the time.

From Mary by Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne