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Definition of 'chat' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.i.) chat
to converse informally.

2.  chat
to engage in dialogue by exchanging electronic messages on a BBS.

3. (v.t.) chat
Brit.

4.  chat
to talk to in a friendly or flirtatious way.

5. (n.) chat
informal conversation.

6.  chat
several New World songbirds of the genera Icteria and
Granatellus.

7.  chat
various Eurasian songbirds, as the stonechat or whinchat.

Etymology:  (1400–50; late ME; short for chatter)

Definition of 'chat' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) chat, confab, confabulation, schmooze, schmoose
an informal conversation

2. (noun) New World chat, chat
birds having a chattering call

3. (verb) Old World chat, chat
songbirds having a chattering call

4. (verb) chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit
talk socially without exchanging too much information
"the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"


Definition of 'chat' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) chat
a relaxed friendly talk
I had a long chat with her Mom.

2.  chat
a group computer messaging system
libraries using chat to attract young people

3. (verb) chat
to talk with sb in a relaxed and friendly way
two men chatting over a bottle of wine; They were chatting about their vacations.

4.  chat
to use computer messaging to talk with a group
***Librarians can chat online with library users.


Definition of 'chat' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) chat
light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip

2. (noun) chat
a bird of the genus Icteria, allied to the warblers, in America. The best known species are the yellow-breasted chat (I. viridis), and the long-tailed chat (I. longicauda). In Europe the name is given to several birds of the family Saxicolidae, as the stonechat, and whinchat

3. (noun) chat
a twig, cone, or little branch. See Chit

4. (noun) chat
small stones with ore

5. (verb) chat
to talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or ceremony; to gossip

6. (verb) chat
to talk of


Translation of 'chat' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to talk in a friendly and informal way
They chatted about the weather.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: gesels Arabic flag Arabic: يَتحادَث Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: бъбря
Brazilian flag Brazilian: conversar Czech flag Czech: povídat (si) German flag German: plaudern
Danish flag Danish: sludre; snakke Greek flag Greek: κουβεντιάζω Spanish flag Spanish: charlar, hablar
Estonian flag Estonian: juttu ajama Farsi flag Farsi: گپ زدن؛ صحبت دوستانه کردن Finnish flag Finnish: jutella
French flag French: bavarder Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְדַבֵּר Hindi flag Hindi: गपशप करना
Croatian flag Croatian: brbljanje Hungarian flag Hungarian: cseveg Indonesian flag Indonesian: mengobrol
Icelandic flag Icelandic: spjalla Italian flag Italian: chiacchierare Japanese flag Japanese: おしゃべりする
Korean flag Korean: 잡담하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: šnekučiuotis Latvian flag Latvian: tērzēt; pļāpāt
Malay flag Malay: borak Dutch flag Dutch: praten Norwegian flag Norwegian: prate, skravle
Polish flag Polish: gawędzić Persian flag Persian: گپ زدن؛ صحبت دوستانه کردن Pashto flag Pashto: غير رسمى خبرۍ، ګپ شپ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: cavaquear Romanian flag Romanian: a vorbi, a pălă­vrăgi Russian flag Russian: беседовать
Slovak flag Slovak: rozprávať sa Slovenian flag Slovenian: kramljati Serbian flag Serbian: ćaskati
Swedish flag Swedish: prata, språka Thai flag Thai: พูดคุย Turkish flag Turkish: sohbet etmek,çene çalmak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 聊天 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: базікати, теревенити Urdu flag Urdu: دوستانہ گفتگو
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: tán gẫu Chinese flag Chinese: 聊天

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