chin-wagging

Questions about chin-wagging

What does chin-wagging mean?

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

How many syllables are in chin-wagging?

chin-wagging has 3 syllables: chin--wag-ging. The stress falls on "chin-".

What is another word for chin-wagging?

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-wagging a common word?

chin-wagging 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.