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I can only tell you that eggs, country ham, biscuits, a pot of coffee, a morning paper, a table by the window overlooking the veranda and putting green, listening to the idle chitchat of competitors, authors, wits and philosophers, hasn't exactly been a torturous way to begin each day at the Masters all these years.
Dan Jenkins

Meaning of "chitchat" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CHITCHAT

chitchat  [ˈtʃɪtˌtʃæt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHITCHAT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Chitchat is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb chitchat in English.

WHAT DOES CHITCHAT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of chitchat in the English dictionary

The definition of chitchat in the dictionary is talk of a gossipy nature. Other definition of chitchat is to gossip.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CHITCHAT

PRESENT

Present
I chitchat
you chitchat
he/she/it chitchats
we chitchat
you chitchat
they chitchat
Present continuous
I am chitchatting
you are chitchatting
he/she/it is chitchatting
we are chitchatting
you are chitchatting
they are chitchatting
Present perfect
I have chitchatted
you have chitchatted
he/she/it has chitchatted
we have chitchatted
you have chitchatted
they have chitchatted
Present perfect continuous
I have been chitchatting
you have been chitchatting
he/she/it has been chitchatting
we have been chitchatting
you have been chitchatting
they have been chitchatting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I chitchatted
you chitchatted
he/she/it chitchatted
we chitchatted
you chitchatted
they chitchatted
Past continuous
I was chitchatting
you were chitchatting
he/she/it was chitchatting
we were chitchatting
you were chitchatting
they were chitchatting
Past perfect
I had chitchatted
you had chitchatted
he/she/it had chitchatted
we had chitchatted
you had chitchatted
they had chitchatted
Past perfect continuous
I had been chitchatting
you had been chitchatting
he/she/it had been chitchatting
we had been chitchatting
you had been chitchatting
they had been chitchatting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will chitchat
you will chitchat
he/she/it will chitchat
we will chitchat
you will chitchat
they will chitchat
Future continuous
I will be chitchatting
you will be chitchatting
he/she/it will be chitchatting
we will be chitchatting
you will be chitchatting
they will be chitchatting
Future perfect
I will have chitchatted
you will have chitchatted
he/she/it will have chitchatted
we will have chitchatted
you will have chitchatted
they will have chitchatted
Future perfect continuous
I will have been chitchatting
you will have been chitchatting
he/she/it will have been chitchatting
we will have been chitchatting
you will have been chitchatting
they will have been chitchatting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would chitchat
you would chitchat
he/she/it would chitchat
we would chitchat
you would chitchat
they would chitchat
Conditional continuous
I would be chitchatting
you would be chitchatting
he/she/it would be chitchatting
we would be chitchatting
you would be chitchatting
they would be chitchatting
Conditional perfect
I would have chitchat
you would have chitchat
he/she/it would have chitchat
we would have chitchat
you would have chitchat
they would have chitchat
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been chitchatting
you would have been chitchatting
he/she/it would have been chitchatting
we would have been chitchatting
you would have been chitchatting
they would have been chitchatting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you chitchat
we let´s chitchat
you chitchat
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to chitchat
Past participle
chitchatted
Present Participle
chitchatting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHITCHAT


backchat
ˈbækˌtʃæt
chat
tʃæt
sceat
ʃæt
sceatt
ʃæt
shat
ʃæt
stonechat
ˈstəʊnˌtʃæt
whinchat
ˈwɪnˌtʃæt
woodchat
ˈwʊdˌtʃæt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHITCHAT

chit
Chita
chital
chitarrone
chitarroni
chitchatted
chitchatting
chitin
chitinoid
chitinous
chitlings
chitlins
chiton
chitosan
Chittagong
chitter
chittering
chitterlings
chitty

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHITCHAT

all that
and all that
and that
as all that
be all that
been-there done-that
entrechat
fireside chat
for all that
hat
I know what
in order that
in that
in the event that
langue de chat
like that
on condition that
on the understanding that
pas de chat
so that

Synonyms and antonyms of chitchat in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «chitchat» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHITCHAT

Find out the translation of chitchat to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of chitchat from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «chitchat» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

闲聊
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

chitchat
570 millions of speakers

English

chitchat
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गपशप
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لغو
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

болтовни
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bate-papo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

খোশগল্প
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bavardage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

perbualan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Geplauder
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

おしゃべり
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

잡담
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

omong omong
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chitchat
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அரட்டை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गप्पा - गोष्टी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Geyik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

chiacchierata
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pogaduszek
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

балаканини
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

trăncăneală
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κουβεντούλες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gekeuvel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kallprat
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

chitchat
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of chitchat

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHITCHAT»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHITCHAT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about chitchat

EXAMPLES

QUOTES WITH «CHITCHAT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word chitchat.
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Dan Jenkins
I can only tell you that eggs, country ham, biscuits, a pot of coffee, a morning paper, a table by the window overlooking the veranda and putting green, listening to the idle chitchat of competitors, authors, wits and philosophers, hasn't exactly been a torturous way to begin each day at the Masters all these years.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHITCHAT»

Discover the use of chitchat in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to chitchat and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Chitchat: Celebrating the World's Languages
Discusses the development of different languages from around the world, focusing on the importance of grammar, various alphabets, and pronunciation.
Jude Isabella, 2013
2
Chitchat Chuckles: A Book of Funny Talk
A collection of jokes related to funny talk.
Mark Ziegler, 2005
3
Girl Talk: Getting Past the Chitchat
Women are relational by design, but in the frenzy of everyday life friendships are often the first casualty on an overwhelming to-do list. Girl Talk helps explain 5 levels of communication that nurture intimacy.
Jennifer Hatmaker, 2014
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職場英語 : 辦公室閒談篇. (2) = Workplace English: Office Chitchat 2:
甦活中英文編輯群. 改造英語訓練營 Workplace English: Office Chitchat (2) Workplace English: Office Chitchat (2)職場英語:辦公室閒談篇(二)職場英語:辦公室 閒談篇(二) 職場英語:辦公室閒談篇(二)電子書版權頁書名:職場英語-辦公室閒談篇( 二)主編: ...
甦活中英文編輯群, 2012
5
Chitchat
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! ChitChat was an open source instant messaging client for Mac OS X supporting the Yahoo! Messenger protocol. It enabled users to chat with each other over the global Yahoo! chat system.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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ChitChat: Making Video Chat Robust to Packet Loss
We have implemented ChitChat and evaluated it over multiple Internet paths. In comparison to Windows Live Messenger 2009, our method reduces the occurrences of video outage events by more than an order of magnitude.
Jue Wang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2010
7
Recruiting, Retaining, and Promoting Culturally Different ...
Many immigrants have difficulties making chitchat in a way that fits the expectations of North Americans. The subjects of chitchat may be very different in their home countries (see Chapter 3 for more details). One suggestion counselors can ...
Lionel Laroche, Don Rutherford, 2007
8
60 People to Avoid at the Water Cooler
PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND DEVELOPMENT REPORT Employee; The Chitchat Artist Only the most significant and important points need to be recorded as a reference for the next review. The Chitchat Artist ruminates on only the most  ...
Josh Aiello, 2004
9
A Natural Man
CHITCHAT. WITH. THE. JUNIOR. LEAGUE. WOMEN. A Junior League woman in blue Showed me enough panty To keep my back straight, To keep my wine glass lifting Every three minutes. Do you have children? she asked. Oh, yes, I ...
Gary Soto, 1999
10
Ready for Life
"The hardest part of going to a party is the chitchat," said Matt. "I think it is almost impossible to know what to say to people when you don't know them. I'm not going to be like my grandpa and talk about the weather that day." "I agree," said ...
David Veerman, Linda M. Washington, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHITCHAT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term chitchat is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Why small talk is so excruciating
... with a sales clerk, meeting someone at a party or conference, bumping into a neighbor on the street, any situation that calls for chitchat. «Vox, Jul 15»
2
Collaboration Service Convo Revamps Web Interface For More …
“What we've noticed is that Convo isn't used for social chitchat … but for mission critical workflows,” he said. So the “overarching theme” of the ... «TechCrunch, Jul 15»
3
Woo De La Kitchen in Hershey a cool gathering spot for eclectic food
At Woo De La Kitchen in Hershey, diners gather at communal tables and chitchat as they eat chicken salad sandwiches, homemade soups and ... «PennLive.com, Jul 15»
4
Senior Cititzens Have Much to Offer the Community
Upbeat music pulses in the air, underscored by the happy chitchat of more than 40 senior citizens. An intoxicating aroma fills the air as smiling ... «Carbondale News, Jul 15»
5
Patient care is an art
There's no time for “superfluous” chitchat. You'll get over it. You're having trouble hearing out of your left ear? Take a couple of ibuprofen and ... «Nogales International, Jul 15»
6
People make the difference: Middleton adult day programs keep …
The Middleton program usually runs from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. and starts with a morning coffee and chitchat. Client-centred approach. Most of the ... «Annapolis County Spectator, Jul 15»
7
How The Teen Project's Venice PAD Is Helping Mend Youth …
Project managers are really focused on time and money and what are we getting done, so I don't like to sit around and chitchat.” For Burns and ... «yovenice, Jul 15»
8
The day that tech got glam
Even the event choreography was artfully done - where intellectual debates were interspersed with well-briefed stand-up comedy, and chitchat ... «Pulse, Jul 15»
9
Sacramento watchdog group sues city to block email deletion
In testimony last week, Johnson described what he erased as “chitchat, but nothing relevant” to the court case challenging the deal the mayor ... «Sacramento Bee, Jul 15»
10
Racing Calvin Coolidge: Silent, stealthy and totally Washington
“He wasn't really into chitchat, not in the Washington socialite kind of way,” said Matthew Denhart, executive director of the Calvin Coolidge ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»

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