chitchat

The messages from the fake Bolton began with chitchat, and expressed a desire to get together after all these years.

I had access to the same data, but not the same discussions, the things that are dropped in casual chitchat.

During our talk, I learned immediately that Allred does not have time for chitchat.

Frank spurns the empty chitchat and flattery that make up so much of Washington conversation.

And after enough chitchat to warrant three rounds of quarters for the parking meter, Odenkirk has to go.

This informal chitchat, addressed chiefly to the amateur naturalist, became an easy habit with Jefferies.

I considered it best, however, before doing so, to ease things along with a little informal chitchat.

I cannot chitchat with Scotchmen while you are at Keswick, childless!

The interval before dinner, a tolerably long one, is filled up by pleasant chitchat, chiefly in English.

This is the letter that Franklin said was mere chitchat between themselves over the second bottle.