vt to talk of.
2. chat ·noun small stones with ore.
3. chat ·noun light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip.
4. chat ·noun a twig, cone, or little branch. ·see chit.
5. chat ·vi to talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or ceremony; to gossip.
6. chat ·noun 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.