What does chitchat mean?
Definitions for chitchat
ˈtʃɪtˌtʃætchitchat
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Princeton's WordNet
chitchat, chit-chat, chit chat, small talk, gab, gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin wag, chin-wag, chin wagging, chin-wagging, causerieverb
light informal conversation for social occasions
chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visitverb
talk socially without exchanging too much information
"the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Chitchatnoun
Prattle; idle prate; idle talk. A word only used in ludicrous conversation.
Etymology: corrupted by reduplication from chat.
I am a member of a female society, who call ourselves the chitchat club. Spectat. №. 560.
ChatGPT
chitchat
Chitchat refers to casual, informal conversation or small talk on unimportant matters. It often occurs between friends, colleagues or acquaintances and is typically light-hearted, involving topics such as the weather, personal life, or current events.
Webster Dictionary
Chitchatnoun
familiar or trifling talk; prattle
Etymology: [From Chat, by way of reduplication.]
Wikidata
ChitChat
ChitChat was an open source instant messaging client for Mac OS X supporting the Yahoo! Messenger protocol. It enabled users to chat with each other over the global Yahoo! chat system. The last version, ChitChat 1.2, had a more refined user interface, speed improvements, Address Book support, IM reformatting, an improved events system, and numerous bug fixes. ChitChat was programmed in the REALBasic programming environment.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Chitchat
chit′chat, n. chatting or idle talk: prattle: gossip. [A reduplication of Chat.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of chitchat in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of chitchat in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of chitchat in a Sentence
Everybody jokes about Reid and his nasty habit of hanging up the phone as soon as he's done with his end of the conversation, but the president's not much better, there's not a lot of idle chitchat.
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