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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CHAT, v.i.
1. To talk in a familiar manner; to talk without form or ceremony.
2. To talk idly; to prate.
CHAT, v.t. To talk of.
CHAT, n. Free, familiar talk; idle talk; prate.
CHAT, n. A twig, or little stick. [See Chit.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an informal conversation [syn: chat, confab, confabulation, schmooze, schmoose]
2: birds having a chattering call [syn: New World chat, chat]
3: songbirds having a chattering call [syn: Old World chat, chat] v
1: talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" [syn: chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb (chatted; chatting) Etymology: Middle English chatten, short for chatteren Date: 15th century intransitive verb 1. chatter, prattle 2. a. to talk in an informal or familiar manner b. to take part in an online discussion in a chat room transitive verb chiefly British to talk to; especially to talk lightly, glibly, or flirtatiously with — often used with up II. noun Date: 1530 1. idle small talk ; chatter 2. light informal or familiar talk; especially conversation 3. [imitative] any of several songbirds (as of the genera Cercomela, Granatellus, or Icteria) 4. online discussion in a chat room; also an instance of such discussion <participate in computer chats>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. v. & n. --v.intr. (chatted, chatting) talk in a light familiar way. --n. 1 informal conversation or talk. 2 an instance of this. Phrases and idioms: chat show Brit. a television or radio programme in which celebrities are interviewed informally. chat up Brit. colloq. chat to, esp. flirtatiously or with an ulterior motive. Etymology: ME: shortening of CHATTER 2. n. any of various small birds with harsh calls, esp. a stonechat or whinchat or any of certain American or Australian warblers. Etymology: prob. imit.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Chat Chat, n. 1. A twig, cone, or little branch. See Chit. 2. pl. (Mining) Small stones with ore. Chat potatoes, small potatoes, such as are given to swine. [Local.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Chat Chat, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chatted; p. pr. & vb. n. Chatting.] [From Chatter. [root]22.] To talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or ceremony; to gossip. --Shak. To chat a while on their adventures. --Dryden. Syn: To talk; chatter; gossip; converse.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Chat Chat, v. t. To talk of. [Obs.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Chat Chat, n. 1. Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip. Snuff, or fan, supply each pause of chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. --Pope. 2. (Zo["o]l.) 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 Saxicolid[ae], as the stonechat, and whinchat. Bush chat. (Zo["o]l.) See under Bush.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(chats, chatting, chatted) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. When people chat, they talk to each other in an informal and friendly way. The women were chatting... I was chatting to him the other day... We chatted about old times. V-RECIP: pl-n V, V to/with n, V about n • Chat is also a noun. I had a chat with John. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. n. Prattle, chatter, babble, gossip, confabulate, talk freely, talk lightly and unceremoniously, have a free and easy talk. II. n. Prattle, gossip, confabulation, chitchat, causerie, easy conversation, free and easy talk, rambling and informal talk, confab (colloq.).

Moby Thesaurus

babble, babblement, bavardage, be closeted with, bibble-babble, blab, blabber, blah-blah, blather, blether, blethers, bull session, bullshit, burble, cackle, caquet, caqueterie, causerie, chatter, chew the fat, chin, chitter-chatter, clack, clatter, colloque, colloquy, compare, confab, confabulate, confabulation, conversation, converse, coze, cozy chat, dialogue, dish, dither, entice, flirt with, friendly chat, gab, gabble, gam, gas, gibber, gibble-gabble, go on, gossip, guff, gush, haver, heart-to-heart, heart-to-heart talk, hot air, idle talk, induce, inveigle, jabber, jaw, lallygag, little talk, lure, make conversation, mere talk, natter, nonsense talk, palaver, parley, patter, persuade, pour forth, prate, prating, prattle, prevail upon, prittle-prattle, proposition, prose, ramble on, rap, rap session, rattle, rattle on, reel off, run on, seduce, shoot the breeze, small talk, smatter, spout, spout off, talk, talk away, talk nonsense, talk on, talkee-talkee, tempt, tete-a-tete, tinkle, tittle-tattle, twaddle, twattle, twiddle, twitter, visit, waffle, yak, yakkety-yak, yammer, yap, yarn