nnoun.communicationlight informal conversation for social occasionsSynset:causerie chin-wag chin-wagging chin wag chin wagging chit-chat chit chat chitchat gab gabfest gossip small talk
Derivationally Related Form:tittle-tattlegossipchitchatgossipygabby
Hypernyms:chat confab confabulation schmoose schmooze
Inherited Hypernyms:chitchatchatconversationspeechauditory communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
vverb.communicationspeak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantlySynset:blab blabber chatter clack gabble gibber maunder palaver piffle prate prattle tattle twaddle
Derivationally Related Form:prattletwaddleblabberpalaverpraterchatterprategabbletittle-tattlepiffleprattlertwaddlerchatterer
Hypernyms:mouth speak talk utter verbalise verbalize
Inherited Hypernyms:chattertalkcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:babbleblatherbletherblithersmatter
Full Troponyms:babble
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Sam and Sue --- (apply to: chatter, prate, tittle-tattle)