Definitions for chat
tʃætchat

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chat, confab, confabulation, schmooze, schmoosenoun

   an informal conversation

2. New World chat, chatnoun

   birds having a chattering call

3. Old World chat, chatverb

   songbirds having a chattering call

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

   talk socially without exchanging too much information

   "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Chatnoun

   Idle talk; prate; slight or negligent tattle.

   Etymology: from the verb.

   Lords that can prate
   As amply and unnecessarily,
   As this Gonzalo, I myself would make
   A chough of as deep chat. William Shakespeare, Tempest.

   The time between before the fire they sat,
   And shorten’d the delay by pleasing chat. Dryden.

   The least is no inconsiderable good, but such as he confesses is far greater than the tickling of his palate with a glass of wine, or the idle chat of a soaking club. John Locke.

   Snuff, or the fan, supplies each pause of chat,
   With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. Alexander Pope.

2. Chatnoun

   The keys of trees are called chats, as ash chats.

3. To CHATverb

   Etymology: from caqueter, Fr. Skinner; perhaps from achat, purchase or cheapening, on account of the prate naturally produced in a bargain; or only, as it is most likely, contracted from chatter.

   To prate; to talk idly; to prattle; to cackle; to chatter; to converse at ease.

   Thus chatten the people in their steads,
   Ylike as a monster of many heads. Edmund Spenser, Pastorals.

   Because that I familiarly sometimes,
   Do use you for my fool, and chat with you,
   Your sauciness will jest upon my love. William Shakespeare, Comedy of Errours.

   All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights
   Are spectacled to see him. Your prattling nurse
   Into a rapture lets her baby cry,
   While she chats him. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   The shepherds on the lawn
   Sat simply chatting in a rustick row. John Milton.

   With much goodwill the motion was embrac’d,
   To chat a while on their adventures pass’d. Dryden.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chat

   Chat refers to exchange of messages or conversation in real-time between two or more individuals over the internet or digital platforms. It can also refer to casual, informal conversation or small talk in person. This communication form can occur via text, audio, or video. It is a fundamental feature of many online services including social networks, messaging apps, and online video games.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Chatverb

   to talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or ceremony; to gossip

2. Chatverb

   to talk of

3. Chatnoun

   light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip

4. Chatnoun

   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

5. Chatnoun

   a twig, cone, or little branch. See Chit

6. Chatnoun

   small stones with ore

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Chat

   Chats are a group of small Old World insectivorous birds formerly classed as members of the thrush family Turdidae, but now considered Old World flycatchers. This name is normally applied to the robust ground-feeding flycatchers found in Europe and Asia; these make up most of the subfamily Saxicolinae. There are a large number of genera. Most northern species are strong migrants. Other songbirds called "chats" are: ⁕Australian chats, genera Ashbyia and Epthianura of the honeyeater family. They belong to a more ancient lineage than Saxicolinae. ⁕American chats, genus Granatellus of the cardinal family, formerly placed in the wood-warbler family. They belong to a more modern lineage than Saxicolinae. ⁕Yellow-breasted Chat, an enigmatic North American songbird tentatively placed in the wood-warbler family; its true relationships are unresolved.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Chat

   chat, v.i. to talk idly or familiarly:—pr.p. chat′ting; pa.p. chat′ted.—n. familiar, idle talk.—n. Chat′tiness.—adj. Chat′ty, given to chat, talkative. [Short for Chatter.]

2. Chat

   chat, n. a genus of small birds in the thrush family, of which the wheatear is a familiar example. [From the sound of their voice.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chat

   A conversation or form of communication.

   The utility company has a live chat service for its customers.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on August 18, 2020  

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1. chat

   Song lyrics by chat -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by chat on the Lyrics.com website.

2. CHAT

   What does CHAT stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the CHAT acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Matched Categories

1. • New World Warbler

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'chat' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3109

2. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'chat' in Verbs Frequency: #937

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Anagrams for chat »

1. tach

How to pronounce chat?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say chat in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of chat in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of chat in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of chat in a Sentence

1. Paul McCartney:

   Writing a musical is not something that had ever really appealed to me but Bill and I met up with Lee Hall and had a chat and I found myself thinking this could be interesting and fun, 'It's A Wonderful Life' is a universal story we can all relate to.

2. Martin Lau:

   (The) traditional way of advertising, investing money in order to attract users overseas, is coming to an end, the effectiveness is actually not as good, and to some extent in a lot of overseas markets, their mobile chat apps (are) already pretty dominant.

3. Neill MacRae:

   Inside each and every one of us is a person that no one knows. A person, should you take the time to look,is waiting to be discovered, Wanting you to take notice. Take a few minutes every day and sit down to chat to this person. Who knows what you may learn

4. Keith Salisbury:

   The war fighter needs a decision : ‘ Do I engage or not ? ’ the process in general is a bunch of chat windows open on a computer screen — about 20 or more — and then a bunch of people start looking into systems to find out, ‘ Where is that target ? What are the surrounding facilities ? Are there schools ? Are there hospitals ? Are there civilian populations ? What munition would be appropriate ? Do we engage or not ? By using technology developed by private companies, The Air Force says it saved time and manpower, and even saved nearly a million dollars of fuel per week. ( REUTERS) As part of a Defense Innovation Advisory Board, leaders from technology companies like Pivotal Software went to the Combined Air Operations Center( CAOC) at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar to see how they could help. What they encountered was startling. They saw lots of whiteboards.

5. Amanda Schneider:

   Discord told me I couldn't do anything unless I had specific links to the text thread that showed my son verifying his age — such as typing' I am 13,' which was shared through a voice [ chat ] — and the other person verifying his age before an incident happened, it was just awful ; there was no help at all.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=chat
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=chat
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chat
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=chat
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=chat
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=chat