chit-chat

English

Alternative forms

• chit chat
• chitchat

Noun

chit-chat (plural chit-chats)

1. Gossip; mindless banter.

Synonyms

• chinwag
• claver
• See also Wikisaurus:chatter

Translations

gossip; mindless banter

• Czech: (slang) tlachání (cs) n
• French: bavardage (fr) m, parlotte (fr) f
• Hungarian: csevegés (hu), pletykálás (hu)
• Icelandic: rabb (is) n, mas (is) n

• Norwegian: babbel (no)
• Russian: болтовня (ru) (boltovnja) f
• Scottish Gaelic: goileam (gd) m

Verb

chit-chat (third-person singular simple present chit-chats, present participle chit-chatting, simple past and past participle chit-chatted)

1. To engage in small talk, to discuss unimportant matters.

Translations

to engage in small talk

• Czech: (slang) tlachat (cs), bavit se (cs), (slang) kecat (cs)
• Hungarian: cseveg (hu), pletykál (hu)

• Russian: болтать (ru) (boltatʹ)