Meaning

To be engaged in informal conversation..

Definitions by Sense

1. To be engaged in informal conversation.
2. To talk more than a few words.
3. (transitive) To talk of; to discuss.
4. (informal, slang, often as chatting) 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).
6. (countable, uncountable) Informal conversation.
7. (countable, uncountable) An exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, resembling a face-to-face conversation.
8. (Internet, uncountable, with or without "the") A chat room, especially (in later use) one accompanying a videoconference or live stream.

Example Sentences

She chatted with her friend in the cafe.

I like to chat over a coffee with a friend.

I met my old friend in the street, so we chatted for a while.

They chatted politics for a while.

We would get totally stoned and usually drunk too and chat a load of nonsense into the small hours.

Don't listen to me, I'm chatting.

Do you want to chat online later?

It'd be cool to meet up again soon and have a quick chat.

Word Forms

• chats
• chatting
• chatted
• chatt

Synonyms for chat

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When Should You Use Chat?

Use chat when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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