chit-chat
chit-chat · chit-chats · chit-chatted · chit-chatting
відвідати, відвідувати
посетить, посещать, навестить
besuchen
To engage in small talk, to discuss unimportant mattersTo engage in small talk, to discuss unimportant matters.
Meaning
1 senses(colloquial)To engage in small talk, to discuss unimportant matters.
über Gott und die Welt reden
болта́тьboltátʹ, лясы точитьljasy točitʹ
More definitions
- talk socially without exchanging too much information
Translations
6 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
to engage in small talk:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to engage in small talk:
Origin
Reduplication of chat. Compare tittle-tattle, flim-flam, pitter-patter, etc.Reduplication of chat. Compare tittle-tattle, flim-flam, pitter-patter, etc.
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Forms
chit-chats, chit-chatting, chit-chatted, chit-chatted| Base form | chit-chat · to chit-chat |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | chit-chats |
| Present participle | chit-chatting |
| Past simple | chit-chatted |
| Past participle | chit-chatted |
irregular
Synonyms
13 synonymsClose in meaning
- talk socially without exchanging too much information:chew the fatshoot the breezechatconfabulateconfabchitchatchatterchaffer
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedchitter-chatter
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.