Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb chew_the_fat
1 sense of chew the fat
Sense 1
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")
=> converse, discourse -- (carry on a conversation)