chat
verb (used without object)
to converse in a familiar or informal manner.
had chatted
-
past perfectof chat.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
He wasn’t the only one who had chatted me up about anime either.
From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2023
“The names aren’t very funny or clever at all,” said Isaac Gonzalez, a WGA member in the league who was out of town but had chatted with me earlier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2023
They had chatted by phone, Mr. Dawson said, to discuss the quarterback’s knee injury earlier in the season and the death of Mr. Dawson’s father in 1969.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 24, 2022
I had chatted to her just before the gig started, as intrigued as Styles by what she was holding.
From BBC ● May 25, 2022
The sanctuary was a collaboration between the government and the international donors my mother had chatted up.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
