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chinwag

[ chin-wag ]

verb (used without object)

chinwagged, chinwagging.
  1. to chat idly; gossip.


noun

  1. an idle chat; gossiping.

chinwag

/ ˈ³Ùʃɪ²ÔËŒ·Éæɡ /

noun

  1. informal.
    a chat or gossipy conversation
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of chinwag1

First recorded in 1875–80; chin + wag
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In many universes this would be suspect, but not to worry—in this one Alito later assured reporters that it was really just a casual chinwag about a routine job reference for one of his former law clerks.

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Is it a grand intellectual battle, or just an insiders’ chinwag?

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Speaking on his podcast Chinwag, Giamatti, 56, also admitted a life-long desire to own a kilt.

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Take Giamatti’s new podcast, Chinwag, in which he and author Stephen Asma follow their fascinations with things think Sasquatch.

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James Murray, Labour's shadow financial secretary to the Treasury, accused Mr Zahawi of being part of a "do-nothing Tory government" - adding that the chancellor was "jetting off to an international chinwag".

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