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.
Webster's New World
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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.
Webster's New World
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adjective
Of or having to do with chatting.
A chat group, chat session.
Webster's New World
idiom
chat up
  • to chat with, often, specif., in a flirtatious or seductive way
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Chat

Noun

Singular:
chat
Plural:
chats

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Chat

Origin of Chat

  • Middle English chatten to jabber alteration of chateren chatter

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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