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Chat

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Noun

1. chat, confab, confabulation, schmoose, schmooze

an informal conversation

2. chat, new world chat

birds having a chattering call

3. chat, old world chat

songbirds having a chattering call

Verb

4. chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit

talk socially without exchanging too much information

Example Sentences:
'the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Chat

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noun
1. 
informal conversation or talk conducted in an easy familiar manner
2. 
the exchange of messages in an internet or other network chatroom
3. 
any Old World songbird of the subfamily Turdinae (thrushes, etc) having a harsh chattering cry
See also stonechat, whinchat
4. 
any of various North American warblers, such as Icteria virens (yellow-breasted chat)
5. 
any of various Australian wrens (family Muscicapidae) of the genus Ephthianura and other genera
verbWord forms: chats, chatting or chatted (intransitive)
6. 
to talk in an easy familiar way
7. 
to exchange messages in a chatroom
noun
archaic or dialect
a catkin, esp a willow catkin

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Chat

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verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈchatted or ˈchatting
1. 
to talk or converse in a light, easy, informal manner
2.  Computing
to hold an electronic conversation by exchanging typed messages: the messages appear on each participant's computer screen as they are typed
noun
3. 
small talk; chitchat
a letter filled with chat about books
4. 
an easy, informal talk or conversation
5. 
any of various passerine birds with a chattering call
6.  US
any of several songbirds of various families characterized by a chattering song; esp., a yellow-breasted wood warbler (Icteria virens) of North America
noun
1. 
an ament or catkin, as of a willow
2. 
a samara, as of a maple
3. 
a spike, as of plantain

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Chat

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intr.v. chat·ted, chat·ting, chats
1. To converse in an easy, familiar manner; talk lightly and casually.
2. Computers To participate in a synchronous exchange of remarks with one or more people over a computer network.
n.
1. An informal, light conversation.
2. Computers A synchronous exchange of remarks over a computer network.
3. Any of various birds in the families Muscicapidae or Parulidae that have a chattering call, especially the yellow-breasted chat.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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