chitchat

1. 1.

   light informal conversation for social occasions

   Synonymschit-chatchit chatsmall talkgabgabfestgossiptittle-tattlechin wagchin-wagchin waggingchin-waggingcauserie

   Broaderchat

1. 1.

   talk socially without exchanging too much information

   “the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze”

   Synonymschew the fatshoot the breezechatconfabulateconfabchit-chatchatterchaffernattergossipjawclavervisit

   Broaderconverse

   Narrowershmooze

Other forms of chitchat

plural

chitchats·

past tense or participle

chitchatted

present participle

chitchatting

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about chitchat

What does chitchat mean?

chitchat means "light informal conversation for social occasions". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in chitchat?

chitchat has 2 syllables: chit-chat. The stress falls on "chit". In IPA it is /ˈtʃɪtˌtʃæt/.

What is another word for chitchat?

Close synonyms include chit-chat, chit chat, small talk, gab, gabfest. 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 chitchat a common word?

chitchat is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with chitchat?

1 word rhymes with chitchat. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.