chat up

chat  (cht)

intr.v. chat·ted, chat·ting, chats

1. To converse in an easy, familiar manner; talk lightly and casually.

2. Computer Science To participate in a synchronous exchange of remarks with one or more people over a computer network.

n.

1. An informal, light conversation.

2. Computer Science A synchronous exchange of remarks over a computer network.

3. Any of several birds known for their chattering call, as of the genera Saxicola or Icteria.

Phrasal Verb:

chat up

To engage (someone) in light, casual talk: "He would be . . . chatting up folks from Kansas" (Vanity Fair).

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[Middle English chatten, to jabber, alteration of chateren; see chatter.]

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chat up

Verb

Brit & Austral informal to talk flirtatiously to (someone) with a view to starting a romantic or sexual relationship

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	chat up - talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women" flirt, coquet, coquette, mash, philander, romance, dally, butterfly talk, speak - exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words" wanton - engage in amorous play vamp - act seductively with (someone)
	2.	chat up - talk to someone with the aim of persuading him persuade - cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm; "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!"