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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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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