chat

To be engaged in informal conversation.

She chatted with her friend in the cafe.

To talk a while in a friendly manner.

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

To talk of; to discuss.

They chatted politics for a while.

informalslangTo chat shit (to speak nonsense, to lie).

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

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).

Do you want to chat online later?

Informal conversation.

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

An exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, resembling a face-to-face conversation.

Internet Relay Chat

A chat room, especially (in later use) one accompanying a videoconference or live stream.

"Type yes in (the) chat if you can hear me."

The entirety of users, viewed collectively, in a chat room, especially the chat room accompanying a live stream.

The chat just made a joke about my poor skillz.

nonstandardFamiliar term of address for users on social media other than a chat room, as in "guys."

Any of various small Old World passerine birds in the muscicapid tribe Saxicolini or subfamily Saxicolinae that feed on insects.

Any of several small Australian honeyeaters in the genus Epthianura.

A small potato, such as is given to swine.

Mining waste from lead and zinc mines.

AustraliaUKslangA louse (small, parasitic insect).

'Do officers have chats, then, the same as us?' 'Not the same, no. The chats they got is bigger and better, with pips on their shoulders and Sam Browne belts.'

Alternative form of chaat.

informalUsed to introduce a question, to address all the other people present.

Chat, is this real?

Acronym of cultural-historical activity theory.