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small-talk

small-talk is the alternative spelling of small talk.

Meaning of small talk

Noun

small talk (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic) Idle conversation, typically regarding innocuous or unimportant subjects, usually engaged in at social gatherings out of politeness.
    • [T]o the credit of the lady it may be added, that […] without any of the arts of flattery or the gaieties of small talk, he began to be agreeable to her.1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter VII, in Mansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 134

Questions about small-talk

What is small-talk the alternative spelling of?
Small-talk is the alternative spelling of small talk.

Words near small-talk in the dictionary

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