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1. Light informal conversation for social occasions
   - chit-chat, chit chat, small talk, gab, gabfest [N. Amer], gossip, tittle-tattle, chin wag, chin-wag [Brit], chin wagging, chin-wagging, causerie

1. Talk socially without exchanging too much information
   "the men were sitting in the cafe and chitchatting";
   - chew the fat, shoot the breeze [N. Amer], chat, confabulate, confab, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver [UK, dialect], visit, gas, gab

Derived forms: chitchatting, chitchatted, chitchats

Type of: chat, chin-wag [Brit], confab, confabulation, converse, discourse, natter, schmoose, schmooze