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chitchat

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chitchat /ˈtʃɪtˌtʃæt/ noun
chitchat
/ˈtʃɪtˌtʃæt/
noun
Learner's definition of CHITCHAT
informal
: friendly conversation about things that are not very important闲谈;闲聊
[noncount]
[singular]

— chitchat

verb chitchats; chitchatted; chitchatting [no object]
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chitchat

noun

chit·​chat ˈchit-ˌchat How to pronounce chitchat (audio)
chitchat intransitive verb

Example Sentences

We exchanged some chitchat about the weather. a bit of chitchat over lunch with people we hadn't seen in a while
Recent Examples on the Web And the crackling radios and quick chitchat among the emergency personnel indicated a second body had been pulled farther down the creek. Cady Stanton, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2022 And the crackling radios and quick chitchat among the emergency personnel indicated a second body had been pulled further down the creek. Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal, 31 July 2022 After some stilted chitchat, Fielder reveals to the teacher that their encounter has all been pre-planned. oregonlive, 12 July 2022 Might one of the most visionary and empathetic singers cohabiting our space-time have anything enlightening to say about life on Earth inside that tiny chitchat window? Chris Richards, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2022 Now is not the time for chitchat unless the conversation naturally goes in that direction. Robert J Moore, Forbes, 12 July 2022 Thanks to the acquisition of an artificial intelligence company in Cambridge, England, called Evi, Alexa was already proficient in the culturally common chitchat called phatic speech. Brad Stone, Wired, 11 May 2021 With dishy retellings of history’s most notorious killings and plenty of candid chitchat about addiction, therapy, and pets, the series quickly rose to the upper ranks of Apple’s comedy-podcasts chart and pretty much stayed there. Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2022 Before the pandemic, the 43-year-old enterprise desktop support manager used to loathe the steady chitchat at his Phoenix office. Ray A. Smith, WSJ, 16 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

reduplication of chat

First Known Use

1605, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of chitchat was in 1605
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