Meaning of chinwag | Babel Free

Definitions

An informal conversation, usually about everyday matters; a chat, a gossip.

Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal

Examples

“Reg liked a chat about old times and we used to go and have a chinwag in the pub.”

“Every major network has at least one prime-time newsmagazine, which features extended coverage of gruesome crimes or amazing trials, intimate chinwags with the stars, and exposés of the horrors lurking in your own home, […]”

“Hundreds of Reading folk got together for coffee, cake and a good old fashioned chinwag during a national cancer charity's coffee morning fundraiser.”

“"I have a bone to pick with you and I can't possibly nap until we've had a jolly good chin-wag about it." / "Chin-wag?" / "A powwow. A council of war."”

CEFR level