Sekirov Dictionary

chat

/ˈt͡ʃæt/

noun 10
verb 5
exclamation 1
forms 3
phrases 5

noun10

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a friendly, relaxed talk between two or more people
- 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.
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(Internet) A chat room, especially (in later use) one accompanying a videoconference or live stream.
- "Type yes in (the) chat if you can hear me."
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(Internet) 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.
- "Chat, should I pick up this sword before heading out?"
(Internet, humorous) Familiar 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.
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(UK, slang) A 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.' — 1977
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A small potato, such as is given to swine.
- Wheat and potatoes were traditionally cash crops, though they also provided tail corn for the poultry and chats for the pigs — 1978
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Mining waste from lead and zinc mines.
- Frank had been looking at calcite crystals for a while now [...] among the chats or zinc tailings of the Lake County mines, down here in the silver lodes of the Vita Madre and so forth. — 2006

verb5

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To be engaged in informal conversation.
- She chatted with her friend in the cafe.
- I like to chat over a coffee with a friend.
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To talk a while in a friendly manner.
- I met my old friend in the street, so we chatted for a while.
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To talk of; to discuss.
- They chatted politics for a while.
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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?
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(informal, slang) To chat shit (to speak nonsense, to lie).
- Don't listen to me, I'm chatting.

exclamation1

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(informal, humorous) Used to introduce a question, to address all the other people present.
- Chat, is this real?

forms

chatted · chatting · chats

Phrases with chat

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