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chat
[chat] 
verb, chat⋅ted, chat⋅ting, noun –verb (used without object)
| 1. | to converse in a familiar or informal manner. |
–noun
—Verb phrase| 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. |
| 5. | chat up, Chiefly British.
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Related forms:
chat⋅ta⋅ble, adjective
Synonyms:
1, 2. talk, chitchat, gossip, visit.
1, 2. talk, chitchat, gossip, visit.
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| chat (chāt) intr.v. chat·ted, chat·ting, chats
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
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chat up
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Talk flirtatiously to, as in Leave it to Charlie to chat up the girls. This usage is mostly but not entirely British. [Late 1800s]
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Engage in light, friendly talk, as in He was soon chatting up all the board members. [Mid-1900s]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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