— chattable , adj.
/chat/ , v. , chatted, chatting , n.
v.i.
1. to converse in a familiar or informal manner.
v.t.
2. chat up , Chiefly Brit.
a. to talk flirtatiously with.
b. to talk to in a friendly, open way.
n.
3. informal conversation: We had a pleasant chat.
4. any of several small Old World thrushes, esp. of the genus Saxicola, having a chattering cry.
5. See yellow-breasted chat .
[ 1400-50; late ME; short for CHATTER ]
Syn. 1, 3. talk, chitchat, gossip, visit.