chitchat
51conversation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Social talk Nouns 1. conversation, interlocution, intercourse; collocution, colloquy, converse, discussion, talkfest; confabulation; talk, discourse, social intercourse; oral communication, communion,… …
52gas — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. aeriform or elastic fluid; vapor, fume, reek; air, ether; fuel, gasoline, petrol; bombast, hot air (sl.); gas attack. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A state of matter] Syn. vapor, volatile substance, fumes,… …
53jabber — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. gibberish, babble, blather, nonsense, jabberwocky; prattle, talk, gossip, chatter. v. i. talk, rattle on, prattle, chatter, gibber, gabble. See unmeaningness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. gibber, chatter,… …
54palaver — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. colloquy, conference, parley, conversation; babble, chatter; flattery, soft soap (inf.); nonsense, absurdity. v. i. converse, confer; dicker, barter; gossip, drivel, babble, chatter. See speech,… …
55prate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. chatter, babble. See loquacity. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To talk rapidly, incoherently, or indistinctly: babble, blather, chatter, gabble, gibber, jabber, prattle. See WORDS. 2. To talk… …
56yak — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. talk, chatter, gab, yap, babble, *run on, jabber, prattle, blather, *blah blah blah. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb Slang. To talk volubly, persistently, and usually inconsequentially: babble, blabber, chatter,… …
57buzz — n 1. hum, murmur, bombination; drone, purr, whirring; sibilation, hiss, whizz; sigh, rustle, sough. 2. rumor, report, gossip, hearsay, Inf. scuttlebutt, scandal; small talk, chitchat. v 3. hum, murmur, bombilate, bombinate, whisper; whizz, whir,… …
58discourse — n 1. conversation, talk, dialogue, colloquy, converse, interlocution, verbal exchange; chat, chitchat, palaver, confabulation, Inf. confab, table talk. 2. address, speech, oration, declamation, Rhet. apostrophe, salutation, valedictory; lecture,… …
59gossip — n 1. rumor, grapevine, Inf. scuttlebutt, hearsay, Fr. oui dire. report, Archaic. bruit; an earful, Sl. dope, Inf. inside info, Sl. poop, tittle tattle; scandal, dirt, whispering campaign, mud slinging. 2. prattle, idle talk, Sl. schmooze, small… …
60palaver — n 1. parley, Inf. powwow, conference, round table, colloquy; session, meeting, gathering, consultation, brainstorming, deliberation; interview, audience, hearing; talk, dialogue, discussion, confabulation, Inf. confab; conversation, causerie,… …
