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chat

1 syllable · also chatted, chatting

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As a verb, chat means be engaged in informal conversation. As a noun, it means informal conversation.

Meanings of chat

17 meanings

To be engaged in informal conversation.
“She chatted with her friend in the cafe.”
“I like to chat over a coffee with a friend.”
To talk more than a few words.
“I met my old friend in the street, so we chatted for a while.”
To talk of; to discuss.
“They chatted politics for a while.”
To exchange text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, as if having a face-to-face conversation.
“Do you want to chat online later?”
Talk socially without exchanging too much information
“the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze”
Similar: chew the fat, shoot the breeze, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat

Informal conversation.
“It'd be cool to meet up again soon and have a quick chat.”
A conversation to stop an argument or settle a situation.
An exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, resembling a face-to-face conversation.
internetA chat room.
metonymvideo gamingThe entirety of users in a chat room or a single member thereof.
“The Chat just made a joke about my poor skillz.”
Any of various small Old World passerine birds in the muscicapid tribe Saxicolini or subfamily Saxicolinae that feed on insects.
Any of several small Australian honeyeaters in the genus Epthianura.
A small potato, such as is given to swine.
mininglocal useMining waste from lead and zinc mines.
UKAustralianzwwi military slangA louse (small, parasitic insect).
Birds having a chattering callanimal
Similar: New World chat
Songbirds having a chattering callanimal
Similar: Old World chat