Noun:
1: schmoose, schmooze, chat, confab, confabulation an informal conversation
2: chat, new world chat birds having a chattering call
3: chat, old world chat songbirds having a chattering call
Verb:
1: chitchat, chat, confab, natter, shoot the breeze, confabulate, chew the fat, gossip, claver, jaw, chaffer, chatter, visit talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"