Synonyms for chew the fat
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Verb
1. Shoot the breeze
chat, visit, gossip, shoot the bull, jaw, confab, chatter, confabulate, chit-chat, natter, claver UK, chaffer, palaver, prattle, prate, shoot the breeze slang US, shoot the shit vulgar slang
Other
chew the rag, throw the bull dated
Definitions
- v. 1
To chat idly or generally waste time talking.
We're not supposed to waste time chewing the fat with the customers.
Example sentences
- visit The purpose of our trip is to visit a new factory.
- chat Ziri and Rima continued to chat about their lives.
- jaw I was laughing so hard I nearly dislocated my jaw.
By length
- 3 letters
- jaw1
- 4 letters
- chat1
- 5 letters
- visit2, prate
- 6 letters
- gossip2, natter2, confab, claver
- 7 letters
- chatter2, palaver, prattle2, chaffer
- 11 letters
- confabulate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (visit2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- tailler le bout de gras