chin-wag

slang

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of chin-wag Current campaign face Cara Delevingne could be seen having a chin-wag with fellow long-time muse of the brand, Agyness Deyn. Freya Drohan, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chin-wag
Noun
  • Erin Andrews is a couple minutes late to our Zoom chat.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Her husband and their helpers are in various group chats together, which Nina says are a godsend in making sure everyone’s communicating and on the same page.
    ​Wendy Wisner, Parents, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Two types of story dominated the chatter in the newsroom this week.
    Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Read the Room While everyone’s all for friendly chatter before the game or between plays, once the ball’s in the air, many folks will want to focus all attention on what’s happening on screen.
    Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The railroad’s willingness to pay the bill, including slimming down its own office payroll to free up more funds, appears to have limited the reputational damage enough for serious merger talks to proceed on down the tracks.
    Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
  • However, the reality is that peace talks between Russia, Ukraine, and the US and Europe are clearly stalled, if at worse dead with many contentions from both sides surrounding security concerns and, importantly, trade sanctions.
    Earl Carr, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Chin-wag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chin-wag. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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