chat room

noun

, Digital Technology.

1. a branch of a computer network or a software application in which participants can engage in real-time discussions about a specific topic with one another group chat. chat ( def 4 ).

chat room

1. A service provided by certain ISPs that allows a group of people to communicate with each other by typing at their keyboards.

Notes

Chat rooms can facilitate free-flowing conversations ranging from a discussion about pop music to friendly banter.

Example Sentences

Yes, the Elks Club offers socializing and events that are hard to match through an online chat room.

From Washington Post

The kids had seen nonstop mentions of it on social media and were buzzing about everything from GameStop to cryptocurrency in their school Discord chat rooms.

From Washington Post

The normal locker-room chatter you see in these chat rooms is probably not enough to get convictions.

From Washington Post

When Burger King recalled 25 million Pokemon toys because they were dangerous, NMS employees dug into chat rooms and blogs to tell the Burger King story.

From Washington Post

The best-known audio-focused network is Clubhouse, the buzzy, invite-only app that debuted last spring to glowing reviews for its talk-show-like twist on the chat rooms of the early internet.

From MIT Technology Review

Consider the chat room, or the Instant Messenger buddy list.

From The Daily Beast

Few will be fooled a second time by a virtual Filipino 10-year-old in a chat room willing to do their sordid bidding for pay.

From The Daily Beast

Those viewers were not only watching our scene live but chiming in via a chat room monitored by another girl on set.

From The Daily Beast

Deng's case was discussed in a chat room on the Internet, which led to an outbreak of protests.

From The Daily Beast

These formed the rapt ring around Lincoln in his own chair in the snug corner of the congressional chat-room.

From Project Gutenberg