n. 25B6; noun I popped in for a chat : TALK, conversation, gossip, chatter, heart-to-heart, tête-à-tête, blather; informal jaw, gas, confab; Brit. informal natter, chinwag, rabbit; N. Amer. informal rap, bull session; formal confabulation, colloquy.
25B6; verb they chatted with their guests : TALK, gossip, chatter, speak, converse, engage in conversation, tittle-tattle, prattle, jabber, babble; informal gas, jaw, chew the rag/fat, yap, yak, yabber, yatter, yammer; Brit. informal natter, rabbit, chunter, have a chinwag; N. Amer. informal shoot the breeze/bull, visit; Austral./NZ informal mag; formal confabulate; archaic clack.
25A0; chat someone up (informal) FLIRT WITH, make advances to; informal come on to; dated make love to, set one's cap at, romance.