CHIT-CHAT

n.[See Chat, Chatter. ] Prattle; familiar or trifling talk.

chit-chat

chit-chat informal ▶noun [ mass noun ] inconsequential conversation. ▶verb [ no obj. ] talk about trivial matters: I can't stand around chit-chatting. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: reduplication of chat 1 .

chit-chat

chit-chat noun informal Lucenzo didn't indulge in idle chit-chat: small talk, chat, chatting, chatter, chitter-chatter, prattling, prattle, gossip, tittle-tattle, tattle; Brit. informal nattering, chuntering.