chat.
To be engaged in informal conversation.
Meaning & usage
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 a while in a friendly manner.
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 chat shit (to speak nonsense, to lie).
Don't listen to me, I'm chatting.
To exchange text or voice messages in real time through a computer network such as a social media chat room or messaging application (as if having a face-to-face conversation instead of SMS or writing emails or letters).
Do you want to chat online later?
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Middle English cheteren, chiteren (Imitative)der. Middle English chateren English chatterclip. English chat Clipping of chatter. The bird sense refers to the sound of its call.
Informal conversation.
It'd be cool to meet up again soon and have a quick chat.
An exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, resembling a face-to-face conversation.
Internet Relay Chat
A chat room, especially (in later use) one accompanying a videoconference or live stream.
"Type yes in (the) chat if you can hear me."
A chat room, especially (in later use) one accompanying a videoconference or live stream. The entirety of users, viewed collectively, in a chat room, especially the chat room accompanying a live stream.
The chat just made a joke about my poor skillz.
"Chat, should I pick up this sword before heading out?"
A chat room, especially (in later use) one accompanying a videoconference or live stream. Familiar term of address for users on social media other than a chat room, as in "guys."
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.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Middle English cheteren, chiteren (Imitative)der. Middle English chateren English chatterclip. English chat Clipping of chatter. The bird sense refers to the sound of its call.
Used to introduce a question, to address all the other people present.
Chat, is this real?
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Middle English cheteren, chiteren (Imitative)der. Middle English chateren English chatterclip. English chat Clipping of chatter. The bird sense refers to the sound of its call.
A small potato, such as is given to swine.
Where this word comes from
Compare chit (“small piece of paper”), and chad.
Mining waste from lead and zinc mines.
Where this word comes from
Unknown.
A louse (small, parasitic insect).
Where this word comes from
From thieves' cant.
Alternative form of chaat.
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