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To chat is defined as to talk or have a friendly exchange.
(verb)- When you stop and talk to your neighbor about the weather and your kids, this is an example of a time when you chat with your neighbor.
- When you have a conversation with someone on your computer screen using an instant messaging service, this is an example of a chat.
The definition of a chat is a friendly, casual conversation.
(noun)- When you and your neighbor have a casual little talk, this is an example of a chat.
- When you have an electronic conversation using an instant message service on a computer screen, this is an example of a chat.
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See chat in Webster's New World College Dictionary
intransitive verb chatted, chatting
- to talk or converse in a light, easy, informal manner
- Comput. to hold an electronic conversation by exchanging typed messages: the messages appear on each participant's computer screen as they are typed
Origin: < chatter
noun
- small talk; chitchat: a letter filled with chat about books
- an easy, informal talk or conversation
- any of various passerine birds with a chattering call
- ☆ any of several songbirds of various families characterized by a chattering song; esp., a yellow-breasted wood warbler (Icteria virens) of North America
noun
- an ament or catkin, as of a willow
- a samara, as of a maple
- a spike, as of plantain
Origin: Fr < LL cattus, cat
See chat in American Heritage Dictionary 4
intransitive verb chat·ted, chat·ting, chats
- To converse in an easy, familiar manner; talk lightly and casually.
- Computer Science To participate in a synchronous exchange of remarks with one or more people over a computer network.
- An informal, light conversation.
- Computer Science A synchronous exchange of remarks over a computer network.
- Any of several birds known for their chattering call, as of the genera Saxicola or Icteria.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English chatten, to jabber
Origin: , alteration of chateren; see chatter
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