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• “the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze“

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• chew the fat talk socially without exchanging too much information
• shoot the breeze talk socially without exchanging too much information
• confabulate unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one’s memory ; talk socially without exchanging too much information; have a conference in order to talk something over
• confab an informal conversation ; talk socially without exchanging too much information; have a conference in order to talk something over
• chitchat talk socially without exchanging too much information; light informal conversation for social occasions
• chit-chat talk socially without exchanging too much information; light informal conversation for social occasions
• chatter noisy talk ; the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine ; the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys) ; click repeatedly or uncontrollably; cut unevenly with a chattering tool ; talk socially without exchanging too much information; speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly ; make noise as if chattering away
• chaffer wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); talk socially without exchanging too much information
• natter talk socially without exchanging too much information
• gossip wag one’s tongue; talk socially without exchanging too much information; light informal conversation for social occasions ; a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
• jaw the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth ; the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object ; talk socially without exchanging too much information; talk incessantly and tiresomely ; chew (food); censure severely or angrily
• claver talk socially without exchanging too much information
• visit the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time; a meeting arranged by the visitor to see someone (such as a doctor or lawyer) for treatment or advice; the act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection) ; the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity; a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest) ; go to see a place, as for entertainment; go to certain places as for sightseeing; pay a brief visit; come to see in an official or professional capacity; impose something unpleasant; talk socially without exchanging too much information; stay with as a guest; assail

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• confab an informal conversation ; talk socially without exchanging too much information; have a conference in order to talk something over
• confabulation an informal conversation ; (psychiatry) a plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered
• schmooze talk idly or casually and in a friendly way ; an informal conversation
• schmoose talk idly or casually and in a friendly way ; an informal conversation

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• New World chat birds having a chattering call

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• Old World chat songbirds having a chattering call