noun
- An informal conversation.
- synonyms: confab, confabulation, schmooze, schmoose
- Birds having a chattering call.
- synonyms: New World chat
- Songbirds having a chattering call.
- synonyms: Old World chat
verb
- Talk socially without exchanging too much information.
- usage: "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
- synonyms: chew the fat, shoot the breeze, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit
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