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

chat chitchat chit-chat claver confab jaw natter shoot the breeze chaffer confabulate gossip chatter visit