Chat Definition
chăt
chats, chatted, chatting
verb
chats, chatted, chatting
To talk or converse in a light, easy, informal manner.
Webster's New World
To participate in a synchronous exchange of remarks with one or more people over a computer network.
American Heritage
To hold a real-time electronic conversation by exchanging typed messages.
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noun
chats
Small talk; chitchat.
A letter filled with chat about books.
Webster's New World
An easy, informal talk or conversation.
Webster's New World
A synchronous exchange of remarks over a computer network.
American Heritage
The act or an instance of chatting.
Webster's New World
Any of various passerine birds with a chattering call.
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adjective
Of or having to do with chatting.
A chat group, chat session.
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idiom
chat up
- to chat with, often, specif., in a flirtatious or seductive way
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Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Chat
Origin of Chat
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Middle English chatten to jabber alteration of chateren chatter
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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