The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word GAS , but the solution may also be SHOOTTHEBULL which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Chat idly crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
---|---|---|
GAS | 25 % | 3 |
SHOOTTHEBULL | 25 % | 12 |
BATTHEBREEZE | 25 % | 12 |
SCHMOOZE | 25 % | 8 |
Why may SHOOTTHEBULL be the right solution?
The phrase "shoot the bull" is an idiomatic expression that means to engage in casual and idle conversation. Therefore, "SHOOTTHEBULL" is the right answer to the clue "Chat idly."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Chat idly
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- chit-chat
- chatter
- gossip
- talk
- magpie
- dish
- goss
- grapevine
- buzzer
- gab
- bruit
- gossiping
Crossword Answer definitions
GAS noun- Matter in a state intermediate between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid) (or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly.
- A chemical element or compound in such a state.
- A flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture (typically predominantly methane) used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles.
- A hob on a gas cooker.
- Methane or other waste gases trapped in one's belly as a result of the digestive process.
- A humorous or entertaining event or person.
- Frothy talk; chatter.
- A fastball.
- Arterial or venous blood gas.
- Marijuana, typically of high quality.
- To kill with poisonous gas.
- To talk in a boastful or vapid way; chatter.
- To impose upon by talking boastfully.
- To emit gas.
- To impregnate with gas.
- To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers.
- Gasoline; a derivative of petroleum used as fuel.
- Gas pedal.
- To give a vehicle more fuel in order to accelerate it.
- To fill (a vehicle's fuel tank) with fuel.
- Comical, zany; fun, amusing
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result GAS
- Coal or mustard
- Furnace fodder
- Incessant talk
- Loads of fun
- Natural fuel
- __-guzzler
- "What a ___!"
- Big buzz
- Neon, for one
- Stove fuel
More clues leading to the result SHOOTTHEBULL
- Toreador's resolution?
- Talk aimlessly
- When he met fellow competitors, the biathlete loved to ___
- Photograph an optimist?
- Chat idly