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chat
1[ chat ]
verb (used without object)
- to converse in a familiar or informal manner.
Synonyms: , , ,
- Digital Technology. to participate with one or more people, through the internet, in a real-time conversation, typically as a series of short text exchanges in a specific application, as instant messaging, or by using images, voice, video, or some combination of these:
The kids were able to chat with their grandma online.
Join our online community to chat about TV shows.
noun
- an informal conversation:
We had a pleasant chat.
Synonyms: , , ,
- Digital Technology. a real-time conversation between two or more people over the internet or another computer network: instant messaging, chat room.
Join our free video chat. Have a live chat with one of our customer service representatives.
- any of several small Old World thrushes, especially of the genus Saxicola, having a chattering cry.
adjective
- Digital Technology. noting or relating to an online chat:
a chat session.
verb phrase
- Chiefly British.
- to talk flirtatiously with.
- to talk to in a friendly, open way.
â.
2abbreviation for
- (especially in Bordeaux wines) Château.
chat
1/ ʃæ /
noun
- informal conversation or talk conducted in an easy familiar manner
- the exchange of messages in an internet or other network chatroom
- any of various North American warblers, such as Icteria virens ( yellow-breasted chat )
- any of various Australian wrens (family Muscicapidae ) of the genus Ephthianura and other genera
verb
- to talk in an easy familiar way
- to exchange messages in a chatroom
chat
2/ ʃæ /
noun
- archaic.a catkin, esp a willow catkin
Other Word Forms
- t· adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of chat1
Origin of chat2
Example Sentences
“They needed one boy next door, one fat dumb man, one fat dumb woman,” Roman said in her 2024 chat with Nashville station WTVF.
President Donald Trump will meet with The Atlantic magazine editor-in-chief who was inadvertently added to a Signal group chat with administration officials discussing air strikes against the Houthi group in Yemen.
The contents of the leaked chat revealed a Trump administration that is internally divided on matters of foreign policy — in particular as it pertains to Iran and its regional proxies, such as the Houthis.
"He came in the first day and trained. I had a chat with him and said 'enjoy yourself here because I don't think you'll be here long'," then manager Neil Lennon recalls.
"Meta can't read any other messages in your personal chats, as your personal messages remain end to end encrypted," it says.
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