Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A casual social gathering, usually for conversation.
Wiktionary
- n. An informal social gathering, especially for the purpose of conversation.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. An informal group that gathers more or less frequently, especially for conversation.
Etymologies
- From German Klatsch ("gossip"). (Wiktionary)
- German Klatsch, from klatschen, to gossip, make a sharp noise, of imitative origin. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Jon Pertwee's Doctor used to tell us that "Klokleda partha menin klatch" meant "Close your eyes, my darling - well, three of them at least" (see here, at about 1: 20 in).”
March Books 40) [In Search of Lost Time #5] The Prisoner and The Fugitive
“Maria tossed her empty iced-coffee cupher fourth of the dayinto a garbage can, and together they strolled toward the edge of the pond, where Tahira was calling a klatch of people to order.”
“On a more positive note, the Director extends kudos to the Animal Unit of the Psych Dept. (you folks at Psych are really in his good graces - several times during our "klatch" he was unable to suppress the urge to leap up, point at me and shout with enthusiasm, "Psych!") for their profiling of the notorious 900-pound gorilla.”
“Guess that explains why Griffin was a guest on The Talk yesterday instead of Barbara Walter's little coffee klatch, huh?”
Watercooler: Kathy Griffin Gives it to Elisabeth Hasselbeck — Again
“If one parent discovered the other sexually abusing a child in the home where most abuse happens, I can't imagine him or her bringing the matter up in a PTA discussion or a neighborhood coffee klatch or even, sadly, going to the police.”
The Huffington Post: Sister Mary Ann Walsh: Never Has So Much Damage Been Done By So Few
“I used to race home after school to relax and laugh along with the canned giggles on these shows plus a healthy dose of The Partridge Family, Get Smart and The Addams Family and I like to think that my mom was having a coffee klatch or a quick gin fizz with her friends in the next room, not worrying if the show Teen Mom was giving her own teens the wrong idea.”
The Huffington Post: Kathy Buckworth: The Brady Bunch Was My Reality TV
“While the MSNBC coffee klatch is the show of the moment, the Sunday programs still own political news at the start of a new week.”
“A friend met me at the Ocean River Sports dock at noon; 30 minutes later, we crossed the runway and bee-lined for Fisherman's Wharf, a klatch of pastel-colored houseboats and floating restaurants on the edge of the Inner Harbour.”
““You've known her a long time, then?” asks Lorna, the middle of the klatch trio.”
“I truly enjoy what Humphrey adds to our little klatch.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘klatch’.
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Of Imitative Origin
Words formed in imitation of the sound of the things they signify.
bawl, biff, blizzard, blob, blooper, bob, boff, bomb, bonkers, boo, borborygmus, brouhaha and 148 more...
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Rabindranath Not Included
i can't never forget thiccyn's!
bubaline, dezinkhornifistib..., hirundine, bee veil, cuckoo spit, resistentialism, hobthrush, burniebee, hookem-snivey, fattiehead, mompyns, mons and 142 more...
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Time Out New York
words looked up while copyediting for this magazine
tonsorial, nudnick, doyenne, lothario, ebon, compere, cloaca, carom, evince, jocosity, profligacy, favela and 110 more...
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Smiley's Words
persuadable, controversialist, enthusiast, perverse, subversive, vulnerable, bemused, superficial, disrupted, subtle, nuanced, flavorful and 26 more...
Tweets
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tumbel "he’ll provide plenty of reasons to remember in tonight’s improv klatch" -- TONY music listings Nov 25, 2009