chat

(chăt)
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

1. To engage (someone) in light, casual talk: "He would be . . . chatting up folks from Kansas" (Vanity Fair).

[Middle English chatten, to jabber, alteration of chateren. See chatter.]

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verb

To engage in spoken exchange: confabulate, converse, discourse, speak, talk. Informal confab, visit. See words.

noun

1. Spoken exchange: colloquy, confabulation, conversation, converse, dialogue, discourse, speech, talk. Informal confab. Slang jaw. See words.
2. Incessant and usually inconsequential talk: babble, blab, blabber, chatter, chitchat, jabber, palaver, prate, prattle, small talk. Slang gab, gas, yak. See words.

n

Definition: talk, often short
Antonyms: quiet, silence

v

Definition: talk
Antonyms: be quiet, listen

A stony mineral material, occurring with mineral ore; very similar to chert.

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IN BRIEF: To talk in an easy, relaxed way.

The friends liked to chat on the telephone.

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as in: small talk
sign description: Both open modified 5-hands move up and down in a bouncing movement.

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verb trans.
verb trans., Brit

To talk to, esp. flirtatiously or with an ulterior motive; often with up. (1898 —) .
Sunday Express He saw a pretty girl...smiling at him. He smiled right back. 'I like chatting the birds,' he said (1963);
K. Amis I must have spent a bit of time chatting them up (1966).

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For a list of words related to chat, see:

• Passerine songbirds
• Internet and World Wide Web - chat: real-time communication between sites, as in a telephone conversation
• Modes and Manners of Expression - chat: talk informally, lightly, and familiarly
• Speech Sounds

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. intr. - sludre, snakke, passiare
n. - sludder, snak, passiar

idioms:

• chat line    chatlinje
• chat show    talkshow
• chat up    flirte med, snakke godt for
• have a chat afterwards    have en snak bagefter

2.
n. - bynkefugl

Nederlands (Dutch)
babbelen, informeel praten, praatje, babbeltje, tapuit, troepiaal

Français (French)
1.
v. intr. - bavarder avec
n. - conversation, causette

idioms:

• chat line    (GB) réseau téléphonique, téléphone rose
• chat show    (GB) talk-show
• chat up    (GB) draguer, baratiner
• have a chat afterwards    épiloguer sur

2.
n. - (Zool) grive, oiseaux au piaillement strident

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - plaudern, sich unterhalten, (Comp) chatten
n. - Plauderei, Schwatz, Unterhaltung, (Comp) Chat

idioms:

• chat line    Telefondienst zur Mehrparteien-Gesprächsvermittlung
• chat show    Talk-Show
• chat up    aufreißen
• have a chat afterwards    nachher plaudern

2.
n. - (zool) Steinschmätzer, (zool) Trupial

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - φιλική συνομιλία, κουβεντούλα
v. - (ψιλο)κουβεντιάζω

idioms:

• chat line    ανοιχτή γραμμή τηλεφωνικών συζητήσεων
• chat show    τηλεοπτική/ραδιοφωνική εκπομπή διαλόγου
• chat up    (καθομ.) φλερτάρω
• have a chat afterwards    τα λέμε μετά

Italiano (Italian)
chiacchierare, chiacchiera

idioms:

• chat line    servizio di incontri telefonici
• chat show (British)    programma di interviste
• chat up    sedurre
• have a chat afterwards    trattenersi a chiacchierare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - bate-papo (m)
v. - tagarelar

idioms:

• chat line    disque-amizade (m)
• chat show    programa (m) de entrevistas
• chat up    conversar de maneira sensual
• have a chat afterwards    ter uma conversa mais tarde

Русский (Russian)
болтать, болтовня

idioms:

• chat line    телефонная служба предоставляющая собеседника
• chat show    беседа знаменитных личностей по телевизии
• chat up    заигрывать
• have a chat afterwards    потом поговорим

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. intr. - charlar, platicar, estar de palique
n. - charla, plática

idioms:

• chat line    teléfono del placer
• chat show    programa de entrevistas en la TV o la radio
• chat up    ligar con, llevar al huerto, darle jabón a
• have a chat afterwards    quedarse un rato para charlar

2.
n. - nombre de algunos pájaros

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - prat, stenskvätta
v. - prata

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
闲谈, 聊天

idioms:

• chat line    聊天电话线
• chat show    电视谈话节目
• chat up    跟...攀谈
• have a chat afterwards    待会儿再聊

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 閒談, 聊天
n. - 閒談

idioms:

• chat line    聊天電話線
• chat show    電視談話節目
• chat up    跟...攀談
• have a chat afterwards    待會兒再聊

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. intr. - 잡담하다
n. - 잡담

idioms:

• chat up    흑심을 품고 이성에게 말을 걸다
• have a chat afterwards    (학교 등에서) 수업 후에 무언가를 상의하기 위해 남다

2.
n. - 잘 지저귀는 각종 명금, 호주딱새

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 雑談, お喋り, チャット
v. - 雑談する

idioms:

• chat line    不特定な相手とのおしゃべりを楽しめる電話サービス
• chat show    有名人の談論番組
• chat up    甘い言葉で口説く
• have a chat afterwards    あとで雑談する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) دردشه, مكالمه (فعل) يدردش, يكالم, يتكلم مع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮גלגל שיחה, שוחח, פטפט‬
n. - ‮שיחה, פטפוט, רכילות‬
n. - ‮מין של ציפור‬

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