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chat
(chăt)intr.v. chat·ted, chat·ting, chats
1. To converse in an easy, familiar manner; talk lightly and casually.
2. Computers To participate in a synchronous exchange of remarks with one or more people over a computer network.
n.
Phrasal Verb: 1. An informal, light conversation.
2. Computers A synchronous exchange of remarks over a computer network.
3. Any of various birds in the families Muscicapidae or Parulidae that have a chattering call, especially the yellow-breasted chat.
chat up
1. To engage (someone) in light, casual talk: "He would be ... chatting up folks from Kansas" (Vanity Fair).
2. To talk informally with (someone), especially in a flirtatious manner.
[Middle English chatten, to jabber, alteration of chateren; see chatter.]
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chat
(tʃæt)n
1. informal conversation or talk conducted in an easy familiar manner
2. (Communications & Information) the exchange of messages in an internet or other network chatroom
3. (Animals) any Old World songbird of the subfamily Turdinae (thrushes, etc) having a harsh chattering cry. See also stonechat, whinchat
4. (Animals) any of various North American warblers, such as Icteria virens (yellow-breasted chat)
5. (Animals) any of various Australian wrens (family Muscicapidae) of the genus Ephthianura and other genera
vb (intr) , chats, chatting or chatted
6. to talk in an easy familiar way
7. to exchange messages in a chatroom
[C16: short for chatter]
chat
(tʃæt)n
(Botany) archaic or dialect a catkin, esp a willow catkin
[C15: from French chat cat, referring to the furry appearance]
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chat
(tʃæt)v. chat•ted, chat•ting,
n. v.i.
1. to converse informally.
2. to engage in dialogue by exchanging electronic messages on a BBS.
v.t. 3. chat up, Brit. to talk to in a friendly or flirtatious way.
n. 4. informal conversation.
5.
a. several New World songbirds of the genera Icteria and Granatellus.
b. various Eurasian songbirds, as the stonechat or whinchat.
[1400–50; late Middle English; short for chatter]
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chat
- To call a swine.See also related terms for swine.
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chat
Past participle: chatted
Gerund: chatting
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| Noun | 1. |  chat - an informal conversation 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, chitchat, chit-chat, gab, gabfest, gossip, small talk, tittle-tattle - light informal conversation for social occasions |
| 2. | chat - birds having a chattering call 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 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" |
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chat
verb
noun
1. talk, tête-à-tête, conversation, gossip, heart-to-heart, natter, blather, schmooze (slang), blether (Scot.), chinwag (Brit. informal), confab (informal), craic (Irish informal) She asked me into her office for a chat.
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chat
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Translations
ثَرْثَرَةحَديث غَيْر رَسْمي، مُحادَثَهدردشةيَتحادَثيُثَرْثَرُ
hovorpovídatpovídat sirozhovor
chatchattesluddersludresnak
jutellarupattelutsättäillätsättijuttelu
čavrljanječavrljati
cseveg
mas, skrafspjalla
おしゃべりおしゃべりする
잡담잡담하다
pašnekesysšnekučiuotisšnekus
pļāpāšanapļāpāttērzēšanatērzēt
klepetklepetatikramljanjekramljati
pratasamtal
การพูดคุยกันเล่นๆคุยเล่น
sohbetsohbet etmekçene çalmaçene çalmak
chuyện phiếmtán gẫu
chat
[tʃæt]A. N → charla f, plática f (CAm)
to have a chat with (gen) → charlar con, platicar con (CAm); (= discuss) → hablar con
I'll have a chat with him about it → hablaré con él de or sobre ello
to have a chat with (gen) → charlar con, platicar con (CAm); (= discuss) → hablar con
I'll have a chat with him about it → hablaré con él de or sobre ello
C. CPD chat room N (Internet) → canal m de charla, grupo m de discusión, chat m
chat show N → programa m de entrevistas
chat show host N → presentador m de programa de entrevistas
chat show hostess N → presentadora f de programa de entrevistas
chat show N → programa m de entrevistas
chat show host N → presentador m de programa de entrevistas
chat show hostess N → presentadora f de programa de entrevistas
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
chat
[ˈtʃæt]Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
chat
n → Unterhaltung f; (about unimportant things also) → Plauderei f, → Schwatz m (inf); (Internet) → Chat m (inf); could we have a chat about it? → können wir uns mal darüber unterhalten?; she dropped in for a chat → sie kam zu einem Schwätzchen rein (inf)
chat
:chatline
n (Telec, Internet) → Chatline f
chat room
n (Comput) → Chatroom m
chat show
n (Brit) → Talkshow f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
chat
[tʃæt]2. vi to chat (with or to) → chiacchierare (con)
chat up vt + adv (Brit) (fam) (girl) → agganciare, abbordare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
chat
(tʃӕt) – past tense past participle ˈchatted – verb to talk in a friendly and informal way. They chatted about the weather.
noun (a) friendly and informal talk. a chat over coffee; women's chat.
ˈchatty adjective1. fond of chatting. a chatty old lady.
2. having a friendly style. a chatty letter.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
chat
→ ثَرْثَرَة, يُثَرْثَرُ povídat si, rozhovor chat, chatte Plauderei, plaudern κουβεντιάζω, κουβεντούλα charla, charlar jutella, rupattelu discussion, discuter čavrljanje, čavrljati chiacchierare, chiacchierata おしゃべり, おしゃべりする 잡담, 잡담하다 kletsen, praatje prat, småprate pogawędka, pogawędzić bate-papo, bater papo, conversa, conversar беседа, болтать prata, samtal การพูดคุยกันเล่นๆ, คุยเล่น sohbet, sohbet etmek chuyện phiếm, tán gẫu 聊天Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
chat
n. charla, plática;
vt. charlar, platicar.
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