English Explanatory Dictionary

chat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To be engaged in informal conversation.
  2. To talk more than a few words.
  3. To talk of; to discuss.
  4. To chat shit (to speak nonsense, to lie).
  5. To exchange text or voice messages in real time through a computer network such as a social media chat room or messaging application (as if having a face-to-face conversation instead of SMS or writing emails or letters).
noun
  1. Informal conversation.
  2. An exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, resembling a face-to-face conversation.
  3. A chat room, especially (in later use) one accompanying a videoconference or live stream.
  4. The entirety of users, viewed collectively, in a chat room, especially the chat room accompanying a live stream.
  5. Familiar term of address for users on social media other than a chat room, as in "guys."
  6. Any of various small Old World passerine birds in the muscicapid tribe Saxicolini or subfamily Saxicolinae that feed on insects.
  7. Any of several small Australian honeyeaters in the genus Epthianura.
intj
  1. Used to introduce a question, to address all the other people present.
noun
  1. A small potato, such as is given to swine.
noun
  1. Mining waste from lead and zinc mines.
noun
  1. A louse (small, parasitic insect).
noun
  1. Alternative form of chaat.
name
  1. ChatGPT.
noun
  1. Acronym of cultural-historical activity theory.

Pronunciation

/ˈt͡ʃæt/ En-us-chat.ogg EN-AU ck1 chat.ogg

Word forms

chat chats chatting chatted chatt

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle English cheteren, chiteren (Imitative)der. Middle English chateren English chatterder. English chat Clipping of chatter. The bird sense refers to the sound of its call.

Synonyms

visit confab discourse parley chat common confabulate conversate converse convo jaw treat word bespeak moot talk about bechat confer betalk discuss talk over I don't suppose Chatty G

Related words

Chat Moss

Derived words

chat away chatline chat shit chat show chat up chat-up line chop and chat live-chat backchat back-chat back chat bechat chatathon chatbot chatbox chatfest chat fiction ChatGPT chatgroup chat group chathead chatiquette chatless chatlog chatmate chatroom chat-room chat site chatspace chatspeak chatteration chatterer chatterish chattily chattiness chatty chat-tyrant chatwood chitchat chit-chat chit chat cyberchat e-chat enter the chat F in the chat fireside chat group chat hot chat Internet Relay Chat leave the chat L in the chat midchat Snapchat vidchat video chat webchat web chat W in the chat

Translations

Bulgarian: разгово́р Bulgarian: бесе́да Bulgarian: чат Chinese Mandarin: 談話 /谈话 Dutch: gesprek Dutch: babbel Esperanto: babilado Esperanto: ĉiuj Finnish: keskustelu French: discussion German: Gespräch Norwegian: prat Portuguese: conversa Russian: разгово́р Russian: бесе́да Swedish: samtal Turkish: çet
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