Reduplication ofchat. Comparetittle-tattle,flim-flam,pitter-patter, etc.
chit-chat (countable anduncountable,pluralchit-chats)
- Lightconversation; casualtalk, usually abouttrivial matters.
2020 December 2, Andy Byford talks to Paul Clifton, “I enjoy really big challenges...”, inRail, page50:He speaks rapidly, with clarity and with obvious enthusiasm. No time is wasted on idlechit-chat.
2024 November 11, Jake Bender & Zach Dunn, “Laszlo's Father” (20:06 from the start), inWhat We Do in the Shadows[1], season 6, episode 6, spoken by Lord Roderick Cravensworth (Steve Coogan):“What are you doing down here, father?” “Just having a bit ofchitchat with your curious creation.” “Right.”
- Gossip.
gossip
- Czech:(slang)tlachání n
- Danish:sludder c
- Dutch:roddel (nl) m
- Finnish:jutustelu (fi),rupattelu (fi)
- French:blabla (fr) m,parlotte (fr) f,bavardage (fr) m,causette (fr) f
- Galician:parola (gl) f,rexouba (gl) f
- Hungarian:csevegés (hu),pletykálás
- Icelandic:rabb n,mas n
- Irish:giob geab m
- Italian:pettegolezzo (it) m,chiacchiera (it) f,diceria (it) f,ciarla (it) f,maldicenza (it) f
- Ladino:charlina f
- Norwegian:babbel
- Russian:болтовня́ (ru) f(boltovnjá)
- Scottish Gaelic:goileam m
- Spanish:cotilleo (es) m,cháchara (es) f,palique m,teque m
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chit-chat (third-person singular simple presentchit-chats,present participlechit-chatting,simple past and past participlechit-chatted)
- (colloquial, intransitive) To engage insmall talk, todiscussunimportant matters.
to engage in small talk
- Czech:(slang)tlachat (cs),bavit se (cs),(slang)kecat (cs)
- Danish:småsnakke,sludre
- Dutch:over koetjes en kalfjes praten
- Finnish:jutustella (fi),rupatella (fi)
- French:blablater (fr),parler de la pluie et du beau temps (fr),parler de tout et de rien (fr),tailler une bavette (fr)
- Galician:parolar (gl)
- German:über Gott und die Welt reden (de)
- Hungarian:cseveg (hu),pletykál (hu)
- Polish:gawędzić (pl)
- Portuguese:tagarelar (pt)((informal))
- Russian:болта́ть (ru)(boltátʹ),лясы точить (ru) impf(ljasy točitʹ)
- Spanish:cotillear (es),charlotear (es)
- Swedish:småprata (sv)
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