chat
IPA: tʃˈæt
noun
- (countable, uncountable) Informal conversation.
- A conversation to stop an argument or settle a situation.
- An exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, resembling a face-to-face conversation.
- (Internet) A chat room.
- (metonymically, typically with definite article, video games) The entirety of users in a chat room or a single member thereof.
- Any of various small Old World passerine birds in the muscicapid tribe Saxicolini or subfamily Saxicolinae that feed on insects.
- Any of several small Australian honeyeaters in the genus Epthianura.
- A group of goblins.
- A small potato, such as is given to swine.
- (mining, local use) Mining waste from lead and zinc mines.
- (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, World War I military slang) A louse (small, parasitic insect).
- Alternative form of chaat [Any savory snack, sold from a roadside stall in India, or served as a starter in an Indian restaurant.]
- Acronym of cultural-historical activity theory.
verb
- To be engaged in informal conversation.
- To talk more than a few words.
- (transitive) To talk of; to discuss.
- To exchange text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, as if having a face-to-face conversation.
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Examples of "chat" in Sentences
- The chatting was unceasing.
- Thanks for the aid with the chat
- It will say the value in the chat box.
- The podcast is simple banter and general chat.
- He dislikes chatting and being waken by a phone.
- No amount of chat will ever restore their virility.
- I forgot the name of the chat program and the link.
- I have taken the matter of chat to the administrator.
- During the intermission, men gather on the stage chatting.
- The stated purpose of the chat room is to insult people in the room.
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