chit-chat
noun /ˈtʃɪt tʃæt/
/ˈtʃɪt tʃæt/
[uncountable] (informal)- conversation about things that are not important synonym chat
- We spent the afternoon in idle chit-chat.
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Word Originlate 17th cent.: reduplication of chat.