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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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Now, the blurry line between the personal and the professional seems much more solid, apart from the odd spot of idle chat while you’re waiting for stragglers to join the Zoom meeting.

From Slate • Oct. 2, 2020

Ahead of a month of frenzied transfer-window speculation, he’s sought to shut down all idle chat surrounding his future.

From The Guardian • Jan. 6, 2020

Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe didn’t meet there: that happened in a Chelsea electronics shop, where an idle chat about dance music and synthesisers began a lifelong friendship and musical partnership.

From The Guardian • Mar. 29, 2017

Some idle chat breaks out, and soon reporters are pulling out old-school notebooks to get a quotation.

From New York Times • May 20, 2015

It wasn’t the idle chat of servants, but someone speaking rapidly, almost chanting.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas