chat

[ chat ]

/ tʃæt /

verb (used without object), chat·ted, chat·ting.

to converse in a familiar or informal manner.

Digital Technology. to participate with one or more people, through the Internet, in a real-time conversation, typically as a series of short text exchanges in a specific application, as instant messaging, or by using images, voice, video, or some combination of these: The kids were able to chat with their grandma online. Join our online community to chat about TV shows.

noun

informal conversation: We had a pleasant chat.

Digital Technology. a real-time conversation, as between two or more people or between a representative of a business and a customer, over the Internet or other network: Join our free video chat. See also instant messaging, chat room.

any of several small Old World thrushes, especially of the genus Saxicola, having a chattering cry.

yellow-breasted chat.

adjective

Digital Technology. noting or relating to an online chat: a chat session.

Verb Phrases

chat up, Chiefly British.

to talk flirtatiously with.
to talk to in a friendly, open way.

Origin of chat

1400–50; late Middle English; short for chatter

SYNONYMS FOR chat

1, 3 talk, chitchat, gossip, visit.

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OTHER WORDS FROM chat

chat·ta·ble, adjective

Words nearby chat

chastise, chastisement, chastity, chastity belt, chasuble, chat, chat room, chat show, chat up, chatbot, chateau

Definition for chat (2 of 2)

Chât.

(especially in Bordeaux wines) Château.

Example sentences from the Web for chat

You have no idea how much I would have liked to be able to chat with you face to face.

Dear Leelah, We Will Fight On For You: A Letter to a Dead Trans Teen |Parker Molloy |January 1, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
He stops the monologues and we begin to chat about the script.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days |David Freeman |December 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Then he sent me a text and asked if we could “chat,” and he invited me to do it.

Michael C. Hall on Going Drag for ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ and Exorcising ‘Dexter’ |Marlow Stern |December 4, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Before long, however, he began to feel out of place and went back downstairs for a while to chat up the cook.

‘I Saved My Friend From Bill Cosby’ |Lloyd Grove |December 3, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Johnson recalled that Brown paused to chat with some construction workers.

90 Seconds of Fury in Ferguson Are the Key to Making Peace in America |Michael Daly |November 26, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Our chat, somehow, has done me good, although I have done most of the talking.

The Passion for Life |Joseph Hocking
Then they began to chat like a pair of friends, and the young priest spent a delightful hour.

The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete |Emile Zola
No man would think of speaking falsely with him, or of putting him off with any chat of markets or reading-rooms.

Essays, First Series |Ralph Waldo Emerson
At this point Mrs. Transley arose, and the men moved out into the living-room to chat on less contentious subjects.

Dennison Grant |Robert Stead
He noticed my New York number-plate and finished his chat with "Well, good day, brother, and the best of luck to you."

Across America by Motor-cycle |C. K. Shepherd

British Dictionary definitions for chat (1 of 2)

chat ¹

/ (tʃæt) /

noun

informal conversation or talk conducted in an easy familiar manner

the exchange of messages in an internet or other network chatroom

any Old World songbird of the subfamily Turdinae (thrushes, etc) having a harsh chattering cry See also stonechat, whinchat

any of various North American warblers, such as Icteria virens (yellow-breasted chat)

any of various Australian wrens (family Muscicapidae) of the genus Ephthianura and other genera

verb chats, chatting or chatted (intr)

to talk in an easy familiar way

to exchange messages in a chatroom

Word Origin for chat

C16: short for chatter

British Dictionary definitions for chat (2 of 2)

chat ²

/ (tʃæt) /

noun

archaic, or dialect a catkin, esp a willow catkin

Word Origin for chat

C15: from French chat cat, referring to the furry appearance

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chat

verb (used without object), chat·ted, chat·ting.

noun

adjective

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Origin of chat

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Words nearby chat

Definition for chat (2 of 2)

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verb chats, chatting or chatted (intr)

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