chatted

Variant of chat

chat definition

chat (c̸hat)

intransitive verb chatted chat′·ted, chatting chat′·ting

  1. to talk or converse in a light, easy, informal manner
  2. Comput. to hold an electronic conversation by exchanging typed messages: the messages appear on each participant's computer screen as they are typed

Etymology: < chatter

noun

  1. small talk; chitchat a letter filled with chat about books
  2. an easy, informal talk or conversation
  3. any of various passerine birds with a chattering call
  4. ☆ any of several songbirds of various families characterized by a chattering song; esp., a yellow-breasted wood warbler (Icteria virens) of North America
chat Idioms

chat up

Chiefly Brit., Informal to chat with, often, specif., in a flirtatious or seductive way

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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