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

Derived forms: clavered, clavers, clavering

Type of: converse, discourse

Encyclopedia: Claver, Saint Peter