chat

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/ tʃæt /

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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

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.

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.

OTHER WORDS FOR chat

1, 3 talk, chitchat, gossip, visit.

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Origin of chat

First recorded in 1400–50; (verb) late Middle English chatt(e); short for chatter

OTHER WORDS FROM chat

chat·ta·ble, adjective

Other definitions for chat (2 of 2)

Chât.

abbreviation

(especially in Bordeaux wines) Château.

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How to use chat in a sentence

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
They also frequented online chat rooms where fellow Islamic zealots teed off with venomous rants about their hate for infidels.
Post Office Robbers More Wanted Than ISIS|M.L. Nestel|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
No wonder video chat seems to be most popular amongst grandparents who want to see their grandchildren.
Why Every Home Needs a Drone This Holiday|Charlie Gilbert|December 8, 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
There was a deep silence throughout the whole bivouac; some were sleeping, and those who watched were in no humour for idle chat.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Alack, I cannot sleep a wink myself, so as sorrow loves sympathy, I came to have a chat with you.
The World Before Them|Susanna Moodie
Having the reins and whip placed in your unpractised hands while coachee indulges in a glass and chat.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries|Charles G. Harper
"Including contracts and charter," agreed the sheriff, and Scattergood continued his chat.
Scattergood Baines|Clarence Budington Kelland
If the first one is in, wait till she comes down, and then chat as long as a call usually lasts.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness|Florence Hartley

British Dictionary definitions for chat (1 of 2)

chat¹

/ (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 crySee 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)

chat²

/ (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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