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Examples of chitchat in a Sentence
We exchanged some chitchat about the weather.
a bit of chitchat over lunch with people we hadn't seen in a while
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Rather than the stiff alien chitchat that dots his own screenplays, the characters in The Favourite trade the witty, venomous bon mots of The Great creator Tony McNamara.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 21 June 2024
By Belinda Luscombe / Boston October 23, 2024 11:41 AM EDT
Seven minutes of chitchat and one real question into an interview, Mel Robbins begins to cry.
—Belinda Luscombe / Boston, TIME, 23 Oct. 2024
Dedicate a moment for sharing stories, or follow Zavala’s lead and let chitchat around the ofrenda happen organically.
—John Paul Brammer, Bon Appétit, 21 Oct. 2024
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Word History
Etymology
reduplication of chat
First Known Use
1605, in the meaning defined above
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“Chitchat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chitchat. Accessed 27 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
chitchat
noun
chit·chat
ˈchit-ˌchat
: small talk, gossip
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