table talk
: informal conversation at or as if at a dining table
especially : the social talk of a celebrity recorded for publication
Synonyms & Antonyms for dainty
Synonyms: Synonyms
- backchat,
- cackle,
- causerie,
- chat,
- chatter,
- chin music,
- chin-wag
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[slang],
- chitchat,
- confab,
- confabulation,
- gab,
- gabfest,
- gossip,
- jangle,
- jaw,
- natter
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[chiefly British],
- palaver,
- patter,
- rap,
- schmooze,
- small talk,
- talk,
- tête-à-tête
Recent Examples on the Web
//Epstein tabled talks on an extension until after the season.
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Mark Gonzales, chicagotribune.com, "Joe Maddon is out as the Chicago Cubs manager after 5 seasons," 29 Sep. 2019
//Neither Kim nor Trump has tabled talks to denuclearize the Korean peninsula, but prospects over future discussions were unclear.
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Fox News, "North Korea fired 'multiple' projectiles off east coast, South Korea reports," 31 July 2019
//After a series of round-table talks, Gov. Greg Abbott asked the Legislature that year to consider passing a red flag law.
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Brian Chasnoff, ExpressNews.com, "Police investigating local man’s racist threats," 3 Sep. 2019
//But as the day wore on, tempers remained calm, former strangers at tables talked easily and neckties hung open — far from the accusatory climate of recent weeks.
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John Leland, New York Times, "Wrangling Begins in Queens D.A. Recount, Recalling Florida Intrigue in 2000," 15 July 2019
//With Jigger + Dash, Goodwin recently co-hosted a table talk for bartenders to discuss the Pin Project.
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Shanna Farrell, SFChronicle.com, "If you see your bartender wearing this pin, it means they aren’t drinking," 9 July 2019
//This time around in Impact Rayne, 32, is a mom, and her husband is Impact Wrestling broadcaster and WWE alum Josh Mathews, making for some interesting dinner table talk at home.
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Jim Varsallone, miamiherald, "Interviews with Madison Rayne, Fallah Bahh, Diamante, Rohit Raju at Impact Wrestling," 19 June 2018
//Cut to a montage of him in hard hat on a work site and then more shots of him at various tables talking with groups of people.
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David Zurawik, baltimoresun.com, "Rating the TV ads for governor: Hogan has a winner, Baker's a loser with his Baltimore pitch," 7 June 2018
//The strategy actually brings Kim Jong Un to the negotiating table talking about denuclearization of the entire Korean peninsula.
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Fox News, "Meadows, DeSantis on developments in FISA abuse probe," 24 Apr. 2018
First Known Use of table talk
1556, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries near table talk
More Synonyms and Antonyms oftable talk
friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this
- he thought he weathered the table talk over dinner with his future in-laws rather well
- backchat,
- cackle,
- causerie,
- chat,
- chatter,
- chin music,
- chin-wag
-
[slang],
- chitchat,
- confab,
- confabulation,
- gab,
- gabfest,
- gossip,
- jangle,
- jaw,
- natter
-
[chiefly British],
- palaver,
- patter,
- rap,
- schmooze,
- small talk,
- talk,
- tête-à-tête