chat (redirected from chatted)

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

Noun

an informal conversation

Verb

[chatting, chatted]

to have an informal conversation

See also chat up [short for chatter]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	chat - an informal conversation confab, confabulation, schmoose, schmooze conversation - the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc. causerie, chin wag, chin wagging, chin-wag, chin-wagging, chit chat, chit-chat, chitchat, gab, gabfest, gossip, small talk, tittle-tattle - light informal conversation for social occasions
	2.	chat - birds having a chattering call New World chat New World warbler, wood warbler - small bright-colored American songbird with a weak unmusical song genus Icteria, Icteria - New World chats Icteria virens, yellow-breasted chat - American warbler noted for imitating songs of other birds
	3.	chat - songbirds having a chattering call Old World chat thrush - songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast genus Saxicola, Saxicola - Old World chats Saxicola torquata, stonechat - common European chat with black plumage and a reddish-brown breast Saxicola rubetra, whinchat - brown-and-buff European songbird of grassy meadows
Verb	1.	chat - talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, confabulate, gossip, chaffer, chatter, visit converse, discourse - carry on a conversation jawbone, schmoose, schmooze, shmoose, shmooze - talk idly or casually and in a friendly way

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chat

verb 1. talk, gossip, jaw (slang) natter, blather, schmooze (slang) blether Scot. shoot the breeze U.S. (slang) chew the rag or fat (slang)

noun 2. talk, tête-à-tête, conversation, gossip, heart-to-heart, natter, blather, schmooze (slang) blether Scot. chinwag Brit. (informal) confab (informal) craic Irish (informal) korero N.Z.

Translations

chat [tʃæt] vi (also: have a chat) → charlar

n → charla

chat up vt (col) [+ girl]; ligar con, enrollarse con

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chat [tʃæt] vi (also: have a chat) → bavarder, causer;

(on Internet) → chatter

n → conversation f

chat up vt (Brit) (inf) [+ girl]; baratiner

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chat [tʃæt] vi (also: have a chat) → plaudern, sich unterhalten

n → Plauderei f, Unterhaltung f

chat up chat (Brit) (inf) vt → anmachen

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chat [tʃæt] vi (also: have a chat) → chiacchierare

n → chiacchierata

chat up vt (BRIT ) (col) [+ girl]; abbordare