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chat

  [chat] verb, chat⋅ted, chat⋅ting, noun
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–verb (used without object)
1. to converse in a familiar or informal manner.
–noun
2. informal conversation: We had a pleasant chat.
3. any of several small Old World thrushes, esp. of the genus Saxicola, having a chattering cry.
4. yellow-breasted chat.
—Verb phrase
5. chat up, Chiefly British.
a. to talk flirtatiously with.
b. to talk to in a friendly, open way.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME; short for chatter

Related forms:
chat⋅ta⋅ble, adjective

Synonyms:
1, 2. talk, chitchat, gossip, visit.
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chat   (chāt)   
intr.v.   chat·ted, chat·ting, chats
  1. To converse in an easy, familiar manner; talk lightly and casually.
  2. Computer Science To participate in a synchronous exchange of remarks with one or more people over a computer network.
n.  
  1. An informal, light conversation.
  2. Computer Science A synchronous exchange of remarks over a computer network.
  3. Any of several birds known for their chattering call, as of the genera Saxicola or Icteria.
Phrasal Verb(s):
chat upTo engage (someone) in light, casual talk: "He would be . . . chatting up folks from Kansas" (Vanity Fair).

[Middle English chatten, to jabber, alteration of chateren; see chatter.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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