CHAT


Meaning of CHAT in English

— 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.

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