chin-wag

Questions about chin-wag

What does chin-wag mean?

chin-wag means "light informal conversation for social occasions".

How many syllables are in chin-wag?

chin-wag has 2 syllables and divides as chin--wag under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for chin-wag?

Close synonyms include chitchat, chit-chat, chit chat, small talk, gab. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chin-wag a common word?

chin-wag is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.