[W/K] :: chitchat

  Chitchat \Chit"chat\, n. [From Chat, by way of reduplication.]
     Familiar or trifling talk; prattle.
     [1913 Webster]

  chitchat
       n : light informal conversation for social occasions [syn: small
           talk, gab, gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin-wag,
            chin-wagging, causerie]
       v : talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the
           men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
           [syn: chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate,
            confab, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw,
            claver, visit]
       [also: chitchatting, chitchatted]

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "chitchat":
     babble, back-fence gossip, backchat, beauty-parlor chitchat,
     cackle, chat, chatter, chitter, chitter-chatter, clack,
     cocktail-party chitchat, gabble, gossip, gossiping,
     gossipmongering, gossipry, groundless rumor, idle chat, idle talk,
     newsmongering, piece of gossip, prattle, small talk, story,
     table talk, tale, talebearing, taletelling, talk, talkee-talkee,
     tattle, tea-table talk, tittle-tattle