chat
verb
[ tʃat ]
• talk in a friendly and informal way.
• "she chatted to her mother on the phone every day"
Similar:
talk,
gossip,
chatter,
chitter-chatter,
speak,
converse,
have a conversation,
engage in conversation,
tittle-tattle,
prattle,
jabber,
jibber-jabber,
babble,
prate,
go on,
run on,
communicate,
talk nineteen to the dozen,
slabber,
gas,
have a confab,
jaw,
chew the rag,
chew the fat,
yap,
yak,
yackety-yak,
yabber,
gabber,
yatter,
yammer,
powwow,
natter,
witter,
rabbit,
chunter,
waffle,
have a chinwag,
chinwag,
shoot the breeze,
visit,
mag,
confabulate,
twaddle,
twattle,
clack,
claver,
chat
noun
• an informal conversation.
• "he dropped in for a chat"
Similar:
talk,
conversation,
gossip,
chatter,
chitter-chatter,
heart-to-heart,
tête-à-tête,
blether,
blather,
conference,
discussion,
dialogue,
exchange,
adda,
jaw,
gas,
confab,
gabber,
powwow,
natter,
chinwag,
rabbit,
crack,
rap,
bull session,
gabfest,
convo,
confabulation,
colloquy,
Origin:
Middle English: shortening of chatter.
chat
noun
• a small Old World songbird of the thrush family, with black, white, and brown coloration and a harsh call.
• any of a number of small songbirds with harsh calls.
Origin:
late 17th century: probably imitative of its call.
