chit-chat

See also: chitchat and chit chat

English

Alternative forms

• chit chat
• chitchat

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

chit-chat (countable and uncountable, plural chit-chats)

1. Gossip; mindless banter.

Synonyms

• chinwag
• claver
• See also Thesaurus:chatter

Translations

gossip; mindless banter

• Czech: (slang) tlachání n
• Danish: sludder c
• Finnish: jutustelu (fi), rupattelu (fi)
• French: blabla (fr) m, parlotte (fr) f, bavardage (fr) m
• Hungarian: csevegés (hu), pletykálás
• Icelandic: rabb n, mas n
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• Italian: pettegolezzo (it) m, chiacchiera (it) f, diceria (it) f, ciarla (it) f, maldicenza (it) f
• Norwegian: babbel
• Russian: болтовня́ (ru) f (boltovnjá)
• Scottish Gaelic: goileam m
• Spanish: cotilleo (es) m, cháchara (es), palique

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) 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)
• Danish: småsnakke, sludre
• Finnish: jutustella (fi), rupatella
• French: blablater (fr), parler de la pluie et du beau temps (fr), parler de tout et de rien (fr), tailler une bavette (fr)
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• Hungarian: cseveg (hu), pletykál (hu)
• Russian: болта́ть (ru) (boltátʹ), лясы точить (ru) impf (ljasy točitʹ)
• Spanish: cotillear (es)