polite conversation about ordinary or unimportant subjects, especially at social occasions They made small talk for half an hour.

The earliest known use of the verb small-talk is in the 1840s. OED's earliest evidence for small-talk is from 1848, in the writing of Arthur Hugh Clough, poet.

6 дней назад · polite conversation about things that are not important, often between people who are meeting for the first time: I soon learned how to ...

polite conversation between people at social events: He's not very good at making small talk. (Definition of small talk from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary)

Casual or trivial conversation, chitchat, as in We stood around making small talk until the guest of honor arrived.

Small talk is a way to show friendliness and interest. What's more, small talk shows that you and the person you're talking to are on the same social level.

The meaning of SMALL TALK is light or casual conversation : chitchat. How to use small talk in a sentence.

Small talk is polite conversation about unimportant things that people make at social occasions. Smiling for the cameras, the two men strained to make ...

Small talk is an informal type of discourse that does not cover any functional topics of conversation or any transactions that need to be addressed.