chat

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

chat

past (v2)

chatted

past participle (v3)

chatted

present participle

chatting

3rd person singular

chats

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

chats

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To be engaged in informal conversation.

   • She chatted with her friend in the cafe.
   • I like to chat over a coffee with a friend.

2. 2.To talk a while in a friendly manner.

   • I met my old friend in the street, so we chatted for a while.

3. 3.To talk of; to discuss.

   • They chatted politics for a while.
   • We would get totally stoned and usually drunk too and chat a load of nonsense into the small hours.

4. 4.To chat shit (to speak nonsense, to lie).(informal)

   • Don't listen to me, I'm chatting.

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.Informal conversation.

   • It'd be cool to meet up again soon and have a quick chat.
   • Reg liked a chat about old times and we used to go and have a chinwag in the pub.

2. 2.An exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, resembling a face-to-face conversation.

3. 3.Any of various small Old World passerine birds in the muscicapid tribe Saxicolini or subfamily Saxicolinae that feed on insects.

4. 4.A chat room, especially (in later use) one accompanying a videoconference or live stream.

   • Chat, is this prime minister serious?
   • "Type yes in (the) chat if you can hear me."
   • The chat just made a joke about my poor skillz.

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