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chewing the fat
phrasevariants:
also chewing the rag
present participle of chew the fat
Synonyms of chewing the fat
to engage in casual or rambling conversation
- The friends chewed the fat late into the night.
Synonyms for chewing the fat
- babbling,
- blabbing,
- cackling,
- chaffering
- [British],
- chattering,
- chatting,
- chinning
- [slang],
- conversing,
- gabbing,
- gabbling,
- gassing,
- jabbering,
- jawing,
- kibitzing
- (also kibbitzing),
- nattering,
- palavering,
- pattering,
- prating,
- prattling,
- rapping,
- rattling,
- running on,
- schmoozing
- (or shmoozing),
- talking,
- twittering,
- visiting
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