chew the fat

Speech parts

1. chew the fat - Verb

2. chew the fat - Phrase

Meaning

talk socially without exchanging too much information

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

natter chaffer jaw chat gossip chatter chitchat chit-chat shoot the breeze confab confabulate claver jabber gas babble
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Antonyms

listen shut up clam up be quiet hush up put a sock in it
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Hypernyms

discourse converse

Hyponyms

jawbone schmooze schmoose shmooze shmoose

Examples

the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

chew the fat

Close letter words and terms

chew stick Chew Stoke chew the cud chew the fat with chew the meat and spit out the bones chew the rag