1. informal gatherings or sessions involving lengthy conversation or discussion
Usage: informal; plural of gabfest

Examples

• The neighbors often held gabfests on the front porch during summer evenings.
• Office gabfests by the water cooler sometimes lasted longer than actual meetings.
• She avoided the lengthy gabfests that followed every family dinner.
• The book club meetings turned into gabfests about everything except the assigned reading.
• Political gabfests on television can go on for hours without reaching any conclusions.
• Weekend gabfests with old friends helped her catch up on everyone’s news.