small talk

small talk

noun

: informal, friendly conversation about unimportant subjects

Full Definition of SMALL TALK

:  light or casual conversation :  chitchat

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Examples of SMALL TALK

1. They made small talk while waiting for the meeting to start.
2. <at the corporate get-together we made the obligatory small talk with some people from the home office>

First Known Use of SMALL TALK

1751

Related to SMALL TALK

Synonyms

backchat, cackle, causerie, chatter, chin music, chin-wag [slang], chitchat, confab, confabulation, gab, gabfest, gossip, jangle, jaw, natter [chiefly British], palaver, patter, rap, schmooze, chat, table talk, talk, tête-à-tête

Related Words

colloquy, conference, discourse, parley, powwow, symposium; debate, dialogue (also dialog), exchange, give-and-take; crosstalk, happy talk; yak (also yack), yammer, yap

Rhymes with SMALL TALK

back talk, Bartók, Black Hawk, bemock, boardwalk, cakewalk, catwalk, cornstalk, cross talk, crosswalk, duckwalk, eyestalk, fast-talk, fish hawk, French chalk, goshawk, Gottschalk, jaywalk, langue d'oc, Languedoc, leafstalk, marsh hawk, moonwalk, nighthawk, Norfolk, Norwalk, pep talk, racewalk, ropewalk, shoptalk, sidewalk, skywalk, sleepwalk, space walk, sweet-talk, trash talk