small talk

English - Turkish

Definition of small talk in English Turkish dictionary

laklak

çene çalma

hoşbeş

muhabbet

sohbet

Sami sohbet etmekten ve insanlarla küçük konuşmalar yapmaktan hoşlanırdı. - Sami liked to chat and make small talk with people.

Tom sohbette çok iyi değildir. - Tom isn't very good at small talk.

havadan sudan konuşma

(deyim) onemsiz sohbet,havadan sudan konusma

boş lâf

gevezelik

Related Terms

make small talk

{k} havadan sudan konuşmak, hoşbeş etmek

English - English

Definition of small talk in English English dictionary

Idle conversation, typically on innocuous or unimportant subjects, usually engaged in at social gatherings out of politeness

Yet for so public a figure, Jackson was socially awkward, inept at small talk and terrified when the distant audience became an adoring mob.

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. Casual or trivial conversation. polite friendly conversation about unimportant subjects

light informal conversation for social occasions

common talk, chit chat

Alternative spelling of small talk

Related Terms

Smalltalk

{i} programming language that is based on object-oriented programming (predecessor of C++)

Smalltalk

An object-oriented, dynamically typed, reflective programming language

smalltalk

12/97Influential dynamic object-oriented language, 1972

smalltalk

An object-oriented programming language

smalltalk

A programming language developed in the 1970's to support object-oriented programming It is said to be "purely" object-oriented, and as such is a standard for comparison with other languages claiming to be object-oriented It differs from C++ in that there is no attempt to allow C procedural constructs

Turkish pronunciation

smôl tôk

Synonyms

pleasantries, babble, beauty-parlor chitchat, blab, blather, casual conversation, chat, chatter, chitchat, conversation, gab, gossip, idle chat, idle chatter, idle talk

Pronunciation

/ˈsmôl ˈtôk/ /ˈsmɔːl ˈtɔːk/

Etymology

[ 'smol ] (adjective.) before 12th century. Middle English smal, from Old English smæl; akin to Old High German smal small, Greek mElon small domestic animal.