[ad_1] noun
- light conversation; casual talk; gossip.
verb (used without object), chit·chat·ted, chit·chat·ting.
- to indulge in chitchat; gossip.
noun
- talk of a gossipy nature
verb -chats, -chatting or -chatted
- (intr) to gossip
also chit-chat, 1710, diminishing reduplicated form of chat. The verb is attested from 1821. Related: Chitchatting.