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Meaning of 'chat' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Chat [ n.]
- Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip.
- A bird of the genus Icteria, allied to the warblers, in America. The best known species are the yellow-breasted chat (I. viridis), and the long-tailed chat (I. longicauda). In Europe the name is given to several birds of the family Saxicolidae, as the stonechat, and whinchat.
- A twig, cone, or little branch. See Chit.
- Small stones with ore.
2 . Chat [ v. i.]
- To talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or ceremony; to gossip.
3 . Chat [ v. t.]
- To talk of.

Meaning of 'chat' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . chat [ v]
Meaning (1):
- talk socially without exchanging too much information
Example in sentence:
  • the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze

Nearby Words:

chab chabasite chablis chabouk chabuk chace chachalaca chacma chaconne chad

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