1
: a short letter or note
especially
: a signed voucher of a small debt (as for food)
2
: a small slip of paper with writing on it
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Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Your job is to build a company so manage the chit chat.
—Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
While Ferrari conducts all of its meetings in English, Hamilton started taking Italian lessons last year to interact better with his mechanics and engineers, like chit-chatting about day-to-day life.
—Luke Smith, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
Pecknold had to snap out of the chit-chat and remember that the uber-mature Quillan was different from his teammates in many ways.
—Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Immigration officer engages my children in chit chat then whispers to them ‘Are these your Mum and Dad?’ .
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Your job is to build a company so manage the chit chat.
—Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
While Ferrari conducts all of its meetings in English, Hamilton started taking Italian lessons last year to interact better with his mechanics and engineers, like chit-chatting about day-to-day life.
—Luke Smith, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
Pecknold had to snap out of the chit-chat and remember that the uber-mature Quillan was different from his teammates in many ways.
—Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025
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“Chit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chit. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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