nnoun.communicationlight informal conversation for social occasionsSynset:causerie chin-wag chin-wagging chin wag chin wagging chit-chat chit chat gab gabfest gossip small talk tittle-tattle
Derivationally Related Form:tittle-tattlegossipchitchatgossipygabby
Hypernyms:chat confab confabulation schmoose schmooze
Inherited Hypernyms:chitchatchatconversationspeechauditory communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
vverb.communicationtalk socially without exchanging too much informationSynset:chaffer chat chatter chew the fat chit-chat claver confab confabulate gossip jaw natter shoot the breeze visit
Examples:- the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
Derivationally Related Form:chatchitchatchatterchit-chatconfabulationgossipvisitorchit chatchatterer
Hypernyms:converse discourse
Inherited Hypernyms:chew the fatconversetalkcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:jawboneschmooseschmoozeshmooseshmooze
Full Troponyms:shmooze
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Sam and Sue --- (apply to: chat, chatter, chitchat, visit) | Sam wants to --- with Sue (apply to: chat, chatter, chitchat) | Sam cannot --- Sue (apply to: visit)