[chat] vb chat.ted ; chat.ting [ME chatten, short for chatteren] vi (15c) 1: chatter, prattle
2: to talk in an informal or familiar manner ~ vt, chiefly Brit: to talk to; esp: to talk lightly, glibly, or flirtatiously with--often used with up
[2]chat n (1530) 1: idle small talk: chatter
2: light familiar talk; esp: conversation 3 [imit.]: any of several songbirds (as of the genera Saxicola, Granatellus, or Icteria)