"chinwag" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɪnˌwæɡ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-au-chinwag.ogg [Australia] Forms: chinwags [plural]
Etymology: From chin + wag. Etymology templates: {{com|en|chin|wag}} chin + wag Head templates: {{en-noun}} chinwag (plural chinwags)
  1. (British, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, informal) An informal conversation, usually about everyday matters; a chat, a gossip. Tags: Australia, British, Ireland, New-Zealand, informal Categories (topical): Talking
    Sense id: en-chinwag-en-noun-wtLvziUy Disambiguation of Talking: 47 53 Categories (other): Australian English, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: chin wag, chin-wag

Verb

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɪnˌwæɡ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-au-chinwag.ogg [Australia] Forms: chinwags [present, singular, third-person], chinwagging [participle, present], chinwagged [participle, past], chinwagged [past]
Etymology: From chin + wag. Etymology templates: {{com|en|chin|wag}} chin + wag Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} chinwag (third-person singular simple present chinwags, present participle chinwagging, simple past and past participle chinwagged)
  1. (British, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, informal) To chat, to gossip. Tags: Australia, British, Ireland, New-Zealand, informal Categories (topical): Talking
    Sense id: en-chinwag-en-verb-Rsr8er-N Disambiguation of Talking: 47 53 Categories (other): Australian English, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: chin wag, chin-wag

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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