First Known Use: 1605
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chitchat
noun chit·chat \ˈchit-ˌchat\
: friendly conversation about things that are not very important
Full Definition of CHITCHAT
: small talk, gossip
— chitchat intransitive verb
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Origin of CHITCHAT
reduplication of chat
Related to CHITCHAT
- Synonyms
- backchat, cackle, causerie, chatter, chin music, chin-wag [slang], chat, confab, confabulation, gab, gabfest, gossip, jangle, jaw, natter [chiefly British], palaver, patter, rap, schmooze, small talk, table talk, talk, tête-à-tête
Rhymes with CHITCHAT
all that, at bat, at that, backchat, bath mat, bobcat, brass hat, brickbat, brown fat, brown rat, bullbat, Cassatt, combat, coon cat, cowpat, cravat, Croat, deep fat, defat, dingbat, doormat, expat, fat cat, fiat, firebrat, flat-hat, fly at, format, fruit bat, get at, go at, have at, hellcat, hepcat, high-hat, house cat, jurat, keep at, leaf fat, look at, Manx cat, MCAT, meerkat, milk fat, mole rat, mudflat, muscat, Muscat, muskrat, nonfat, old hat, pack rat, pick at, place mat, plug hat, polecat, pot hat, Rotblat, rug rat, salt flat, savate, silk hat, slouch hat, sneeze at, snowcat, Sobat, stand pat, standpat, stonechat, strawhat, Surat, thereat, tin hat, tipcat, tomcat, top hat, trans fat, whereat, whinchat, white hat, wildcat, wombat, wool fat
CHITCHAT Defined for Kids
chitchat
noun chit·chat \ˈchit-ˌchat\
Definition of CHITCHAT for Kids
: friendly conversation
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