Definitions for small-talk

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Spelling: [smawl-tawk]
IPA: /ˈsmɔlˌtɔk/

Small-Talk is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 170 anagrams from letters in small-talk (-aaklllmst).

Definitions for small-talk

noun

  1. light conversation; chitchat.

verb (used without object)

  1. to engage in or have a propensity for small talk.

Origin of small-talk

First recorded in 1780-90

Examples for small-talk

small-talk was forgotten, heads were craned forward, and all eyes were fixed upon the players.

George had met her once in the way of small-talk at her father's house.

All this small-talk almost vexed me more than the content it gave.

A crisis was expected—but Lady Harriet's small-talk did not suffer.

Letitia tried to include me in the small-talk, but she did not succeed.

I can't accustom myself to small-talk—I can't even listen to it patiently.

But I was still "Sir" to him and he hardly "Chummy" to me, and our small-talk was quite small.

Does she turn you if you have failed to learn your small-talk correctly?

All his smiles and flow of small-talk had suddenly deserted him.

Fortunately too, when the interval came, she was full of small-talk.

Word Value for small-talk
Scrable

7

Words with friends

10

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