chat
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.
an informal conversation: We had a pleasant chat.
Digital Technology. a real-time conversation between two or more people over the internet or another computer network:Join our free video chat. Have a live chat with one of our customer service representatives.: See also instant messaging, chat room.
any of several small Old World thrushes, especially of the genus Saxicola, having a chattering cry.
Digital Technology. noting or relating to an online chat: a chat session.
chat up, Chiefly British.
to talk flirtatiously with.
to talk to in a friendly, open way.
Origin of chat
1Other words for chat
Other words from chat
- chat·ta·ble, adjective
Other definitions for Chât. (2 of 2)
(especially in Bordeaux wines) Château.
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How to use chat in a sentence
I was bored, but I grabbed a red Solo cup, filled it with beer, and stayed with my group, chatting with the brothers about Jim.
I Was Gang Raped at a UVA Frat 30 Years Ago, and No One Did Anything | Liz Seccuro | December 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs I sat at my table with the other award recipients, I started chatting with the guy next to me.
How Aasif Mandvi Became Jon Stewart’s Favorite Jihadi | Dean Obeidallah | November 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTurkish soldiers sat by their vehicles in the twilight languidly chatting or cooking.
Impotent U.S. Airstrikes, Passive Turks and an ISIS Triumph | Jamie Dettmer | October 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey were so upset at the character for standing there and chatting.
Juliette Lewis on Hollywood, Why the MSM Hates Scientology, and Masturbating to George Clooney | Marlow Stern | September 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe ban on chatting follows a similar edict issued earlier this year in a much more hardliner nation.
Egypt’s Fatwa Against Tinder: Clerics Ban Online Chatting | Nina Strochlic | September 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
I made some remark to Masters which led to another from him, and in five minutes' time we were chatting on all sorts of topics.
Uncanny Tales | VariousWe stood there chatting about one thing and another, when I noticed that Nancy was not talking much and seemed rather pale.
Uncanny Tales | VariousSpunyarn, who was to accompany his friend, at a discreet distance was laughing and chatting merrily with the younger girl.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsAnd thus chatting and meditating they went on their way through meadows starred with flowers.
Honey-Bee | Anatole FranceThe pair, seated away in a corner, had been chatting in an undertone when they were compelled to rise.
The Doctor of Pimlico | William Le Queux
British Dictionary definitions for chat (1 of 2)
/ (tʃæt) /
informal conversation or talk conducted in an easy familiar manner
the exchange of messages in an internet or other network chatroom
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
to talk in an easy familiar way
to exchange messages in a chatroom
Origin of chat
1- See also chat up
British Dictionary definitions for chat (2 of 2)
/ (tʃæt) /
archaic, or dialect a catkin, esp a willow catkin
Origin of chat
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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