Cut the chit-chat and get to work.
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Chit-chat
Synonyms for "chit-chat" (40 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (12)
Verb(4 words)
Related words (20)
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7 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesTranslations
54 translations across 19 languages.
Czech
4 entries- tlachání noun (gossip)
- bavit se verb (to engage in small talk)
- kecat verb (to engage in small talk)
- tlachat verb (to engage in small talk)
Danish
3 entries- sludder noun (gossip)
- sludre verb (to engage in small talk)
- småsnakke verb (to engage in small talk)
Dutch
2 entries- roddel noun (gossip)
- over koetjes en kalfjes praten verb (to engage in small talk)
Finnish
4 entries- jutustelu noun (gossip)
- rupattelu noun (gossip)
- jutustella verb (to engage in small talk)
- rupatella verb (to engage in small talk)
French
4 entries- bavardage noun (gossip)
- blabla noun (gossip)
- causette noun (gossip)
- parlotte noun (gossip)
Galician
3 entries- parola noun (gossip)
- rexouba noun (gossip)
- parolar verb (to engage in small talk)
German
1 entries- über Gott und die Welt reden verb (to engage in small talk)
Hungarian
4 entries- csevegés noun (gossip)
- pletykálás noun (gossip)
- cseveg verb (to engage in small talk)
- pletykál verb (to engage in small talk)
Icelandic
2 entries- mas noun (gossip)
- rabb noun (gossip)
Irish
1 entries- giob geab noun (gossip)
Italian
4 entries- chiacchiera noun (gossip)
- ciarla noun (gossip)
- diceria noun (gossip)
- maldicenza noun (gossip)
Ladino
1 entries- charlina noun (gossip)
Norwegian
1 entries- babbel noun (gossip)
Polish
1 entries- gawędzić verb (to engage in small talk)
Portuguese
1 entries- tagarelar verb (to engage in small talk)
Russian
3 entries- болтовня́ noun (gossip)
- болта́ть verb (to engage in small talk)
- лясы точить verb (to engage in small talk)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- goileam noun (gossip)
- seanchas noun (gossip)
Spanish
4 entries- cháchara noun (gossip)
- conversao noun (gossip)
- cotilleo noun (gossip)
- palique noun (gossip)
Swedish
1 entries- småprata verb (to engage in small talk)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
There's a lot of chit-chat.
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The meeting started with some general chit-chat to break the ice.
Source: tatoeba (3388071)
I came here to talk business, not to chit-chat.
Source: tatoeba (4758113)
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