chat

nouns

an informal conversation
chat, confab, confabulation, schmoose, schmooze
is derived from
chatty
birds having a chattering call
New World chat, chat
songbirds having a chattering call
Old World chat, chat

verbs

talk socially without exchanging too much information
"the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit