CHAT

Chat

Chats are a group of small Old World insectivorous birds formerly classified as members of the thrush family Turdidae, but now considered Old World flycatchers.

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chat

Noun

  1. Informal conversation.
  2. A conversation to stop an argument or settle situations.
  3. An exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, resembling a face-to-face conversation.
  4. Any of various small Old World passerine birds in the subfamily Saxicolini that feed on insects.
  5. A louse.
  6. Small potatoes, such as are given to swine.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. Mining waste from lead and zinc mines.

Verb

  1. To be engaged in informal conversation.
    She chatted with her friend in the cafe.
    I like to chat over a coffee with a friend.
  2. To talk more than a few words.
    I met my old friend in the street, so we chatted for a while.
  3. To talk of; to discuss.
    They chatted politics for a while.
  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?


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