chat

/tʃæt/

noun

  1. 1

    Informal conversation.

  2. 2

    A conversation to stop an argument or settle situations.

  3. 3

    (totum pro parte, typically with definite article) The entirety of users in a chatroom or a single member thereof.

    The Chat just made a joke about my skills.
  4. 4

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

  5. 5

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

  6. 6

    Any of several small Australian honeyeaters in the genus Epthianura.

verb

  1. 1

    To be engaged in informal conversation.

    I like to chat over a coffee with a friend.
  2. 2

    To talk more than a few words.

    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.
  4. 4

    To exchange text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, as if having a face-to-face conversation.

    Do you want to chat online later?

noun

  1. 1

    A small potato, such as is given to swine.

noun

  1. 1

    (local use) Mining waste from lead and zinc mines.

noun

  1. 1

    A louse (small, parasitic insect).

noun

  1. 1

    Any savory snack, sold from a roadside stall in India, or served as a starter in an Indian restaurant

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