chit-chat
noun[U]
informaluk/ˈtʃɪt.tʃæt/us/ˈtʃɪt.tʃæt/informalconversationaboutmattersthat are notimportant:
聊天，闲谈，闲聊"What did youtalkabout?" "Oh, it was just chit-chat."
Synonym
small talk
Informal talking & conversation
- badinage
- banter
- bantering
- bants
- bloviate
- bull session
- buzz
- catch up withsomeone
- chatter
- chinwag
- discourse
- exchange
- gas
- heart-to-heart
- intercourse
- pass
- ultra-casual
- understand
- vox pop
- word-of-mouth
chit-chat
verb[I]
informaluk/ˈtʃɪt.tʃæt/us/ˈtʃɪt.tʃæt/totalkinformallyaboutmattersthat are notimportant:
We were just chit-chatting about this and that.
Ihopethey don'texpectme to chit-chat with them about myweekend.
- When Iseethem, we chit-chat a little.
- I can'tstandaround alldaychit-chatting.
- The two womensippedtheirteahappilyand chit-chatted.
Informal talking & conversation
- badinage
- banter
- bantering
- bants
- bloviate
- bull session
- buzz
- catch up withsomeone
- chatter
- chinwag
- discourse
- exchange
- gas
- heart-to-heart
- intercourse
- pass
- ultra-casual
- understand
- vox pop
- word-of-mouth