chit chat in English

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-chit-chat.wav Forms: chit chat [canonical], chit chats [third-person, singular], chit chatted [past], chit chatted [past, participle], chit chatting [present, participle] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{verb|chit chat|t}} [POS TABLE]

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"chit chat" meaning in English

Noun

Verb