Definition of "chit-chat" [chit-chat]

• Gossip; mindless banter. (noun)
• To engage in small talk, to discuss unimportant matters. (verb)

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• "The supervisor comes up and tries to chit-chat with me about the gym and how nice it is, etc."
• "They even sought to edit out what they consider irrelevant chit-chat on hours of FBI wiretap recordings, evidence at the heart of the government case, including a reference in one conversation to Blagojevich's famously bountiful locks."
• "It's fits well with your post about finding the right words to say to someone instead of the simple chit-chat we usually throw out there upon first meeting."