Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to chinwag
Participle: chinwagged
Gerund: chinwagging
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | chinwag |
| you | chinwag |
| he;she;it | chinwags |
| we | chinwag |
| you | chinwag |
| they | chinwag |
Perfect
| I | have chinwagged |
| you | have chinwagged |
| he;she;it | has chinwagged |
| we | have chinwagged |
| you | have chinwagged |
| they | have chinwagged |
Past
| I | chinwagged |
| you | chinwagged |
| he;she;it | chinwagged |
| we | chinwagged |
| you | chinwagged |
| they | chinwagged |
Pluperfect
| I | had chinwagged |
| you | had chinwagged |
| he;she;it | had chinwagged |
| we | had chinwagged |
| you | had chinwagged |
| they | had chinwagged |
Future
| I | will chinwag |
| you | will chinwag |
| he;she;it | will chinwag |
| we | will chinwag |
| you | will chinwag |
| they | will chinwag |
Future Perfect
| I | will have chinwagged |
| you | will have chinwagged |
| he;she;it | will have chinwagged |
| we | will have chinwagged |
| you | will have chinwagged |
| they | will have chinwagged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | chinwag |
| you | chinwag |
| he;she;it | chinwag |
| we | chinwag |
| you | chinwag |
| they | chinwag |
Perfect
| I | have chinwagged |
| you | have chinwagged |
| he;she;it | have chinwagged |
| we | have chinwagged |
| you | have chinwagged |
| they | have chinwagged |
Imperfect
| I | chinwagged |
| you | chinwagged |
| he;she;it | chinwagged |
| we | chinwagged |
| you | chinwagged |
| they | chinwagged |
Pluperfect
| I | had chinwagged |
| you | had chinwagged |
| he;she;it | had chinwagged |
| we | had chinwagged |
| you | had chinwagged |
| they | had chinwagged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would chinwag |
| you | would chinwag |
| he;she;it | would chinwag |
| we | would chinwag |
| you | would chinwag |
| they | would chinwag |
Perfect
| I | would have chinwagged |
| you | would have chinwagged |
| he;she;it | would have chinwagged |
| we | would have chinwagged |
| you | would have chinwagged |
| they | would have chinwagged |
Imperative
| you | chinwag |
| we | Let's chinwag |
| you | chinwag |
Verbs conjugated like 'chinwag'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'chinwag'
ching,
chig,
chillax,
chin,
chine,
chink,
chinkle,
chinse,
chunam,
cling,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to talk too much; to talk idly
- babble, bat the breeze, blab, blabber, blather, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chew the rag, chit-chat, chunner, clack, claver, clepe, drivel, gabble, gibber, go on, jabber, maunder, natter, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, rabbit, rabbit on, ramble, shoot the breeze, shoot the bull, shoot the shit, smatter, tattle, twaddle, waffle, wibble, witter, yabber, yack, yap, yatter
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From chin + wag.
Sample Sentences
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I saw the pair of them chinwagging by the water-cooler.
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We stamped around to get some circulation into our legs after a stint of three hours in the cold water, had a pull at a bottle of wine, and chinwagged with some of the other fishermen who were clambering out of their waders beside their parked cars. [1972 March, Keith Draper, “Big Trout are Suckers after Dark”, in Field & Stream, Los Angeles, Calif.: CBS Magazines, →OCLC, page 161:]
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[Trevor] Nunn gives the play [All's Well That Ends Well] more than a touch of [Anton] Chekhov; he gives it the great Slav physician's context: arrivals and departures and a country estate and house in which Helena is gentlewoman to the Countess Rossilion (Peggy Ashcroft) who has an old gnarled retainer, Lavache, the Clown (Geoffrey Hutchings), with whom she chinwags and at whom she affectionately rails. [1982, The Month, London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 317:]
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By the light of the big candles on stakes clusters of people were eating and drinking and chinwagging about the topics of the past four days. [1996, Ian Watson, Hard Questions, London: Gollancz, →ISBN:]