Noun

• S: (n) chat, confab, confabulation, schmooze, schmoose (an informal conversation)
• S: (n) New World chat, chat (birds having a chattering call)
• S: (n) Old World chat, chat (songbirds having a chattering call)

Verb

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