chitchat

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

Begin then with News, or the Chitchat of the Town. — The Lovers Assistant; Or, New Art of Love, Henry Fielding
Your own name will doubtless come up in the course of general chitchat over the teacups." — Mike and Psmith, Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
We absolutely must bag some game to placate this man-eater, or one of these mornings master won’t find enough pieces of his manservant to serve him.” While exchanging this chitchat, we entered beneath the dark canopies of the forest, and for two hours we explored it in every direction. — Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World, Jules Verne

chit-chat, chit chat, small talk, gab, gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin wag, chin-wag, chin wagging, chin-wagging, causerie

Type a word, a sentence, a book title, or a link to an English article. WordNet and the Classics answer.

Try

A library of classics · a vault of words · instant etymology & meaning