chew the fat (v)
shoot the breeze (v)
chat (v)
confabulate (v)
confab (v)
chitchat (v)
chit-chat (v)
chatter#1 (v)
chaffer (v)
natter (v)
gossip#1 (v)
jaw (v)
claver (v)
visit (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 32
def talk socially without exchanging too much information
examples the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
Frame - 2 Somebody ----s
Outgoing links
Hypernym converse, discourse
Derivationally related form visit → visitor
Derivationally related form gossip → gossip
Derivationally related form chatter → chatter
Derivationally related form chatter → chatterer
Derivationally related form chitchat → chitchat
Derivationally related form confabulate → confabulation
Derivationally related form chat → chat
Derivationally related form chitchat → chit chat
Derivationally related form chitchat → chit-chat
Hyponym shmooze, shmoose, schmooze, schmoose, jawbone
Incoming links
Derivationally related form confabulation → confabulate
Derivationally related form chat → chat
Derivationally related form gossip → gossip
Derivationally related form chit chat → chitchat
Derivationally related form chit-chat → chitchat
Derivationally related form chitchat → chitchat
Derivationally related form chatter → chatter
Derivationally related form chatterer → chatter
Derivationally related form visitor → visit
Hyponym converse, discourse
Hypernym shmooze, shmoose, schmooze, schmoose, jawbone

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